| Bilder av Yaroslavl
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Kommersielle kategorier Yaroslavl |
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Travel råd og advarsler Yaroslavl
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The main natural treasure of the Yaroslavl Region is the Volga River, on which stand a number of ancient Russian towns.
The total number of local historical and cultural monuments is over 5000, the most ancient of them being the Pereslavl-Zalesskiy Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral erected in 1152.
Dating back to the 15-16th centuries are such architectural monuments as the Assumption Cathedral in the Rostov Kremlin, the Appanage Princes' Chambers in the Uglich Kremlin, the Yaroslavl Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral, the Rostov Abraham's Monastery, the Pereslavl-Zalesskiy Nikitsky and the Trinity-Danilov Monasteries and many others.
Lots of monuments that the Yaroslavl Region boasts of are real masterpieces of the 17th -century architecture. This period known as "the Yaroslavl Renaissance" saw the construction of such ecclesiastical buildings as the Church of St. John-the-Baptizer with its spectacular frescos second to none in the number of plots depicted, the Korovniky Temple Ensemble, the Church of St. Ilya-the-Prophet, the fine specimen of the famous Yaroslavl School of architecture and many others. |
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