Saviour - Transfiguration monastery of Yaroslavl (Yaroslavl)

Russia / Jaroslavl / Yaroslavl
 museum, monastery, invisible, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russian Orthodox Church, 12th century construction
Saviour - Transfiguration monastery was found in the second part of the XII century. In 1774 here was open one of the first in Russia theological seminary. Saviour-Transfiguration monastery rounded by stone walls become the mail fortress of Yaroslavl.
The main church of the monastery is also the oldest building left in Yaroslavl: Spaso-Preoprazhensky cathedral (Savior Transfiguration cathedral), which is almost 500 years old (the foundation is 800 years old).

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Coordinates:   57°37'17"N   39°53'21"E
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