This five-tier construction towers of the Kremlin walls like a white monolith.
This church was built on the site of the old Church of the Holy Sign, which was erected for keeping the icon “Our Lady of the Sign” that protected Novgorod from an attack by a host from city of Suzdal in 1170.
According to a legend, the monastery was founded by St. Anthony from Rome who made a miraculous journey around Europe in three days and finally arrived to Novgorod on a floating stone.
Built in the south-eastern part of the Kremlin in the late 15th century, the church was erected replacing the stair tower of former gigantic Sts. Boris and Gleb Church.
The church was erected on a hill at the Volkhov River, close to the Middle-age rampart. Sunset’s dying glow reflects in the water and flames the church walls thus reviving the past time when the church was erected.
St. Parasceva was born in the 3rd century A.D. in a rich Roman family.
The two-tier miniature Church of St. Simeon the God-Receiver (1467) is located on the territory of the former 12th century Zverin cloister.
This remarkable monument of Novgorod architecture was built by a nobleman Simeon Andreevich. The building served as a model and inspiration for the next generations of architects.
The church got world-wide renown not only for its architectural merits, but also for the unique frescos of 1363.
The monastic church of the construction typical in the 14th c. The original look of the church and unique frescos of the 14th c. have been preserved till these days.
Hours: 11am – 4pm daily except Thursday and Friday (April 1 – September 30). Location: village of Kovalyovo. To get here catch a bus 186 from the Central Bus Station.
This world famous church is the only extant building of the former small Nereditsky cloister, where there is the village of Nereditsa today.
The Marketplace and the Gate Tower for it were designed and built in the late 17th century by a stone mason Gury Vakhromeev.
It was decided to place the monument in Novgorod, thus pointing to Novgorod's key role in the foundation of the Russian State.
As a fortified settlement of the Viking Age it has been located at the source of the Volkhov River right on the trade route “From the Varangians to the Greeks”. There was a residence of Rurik the Prince who started the first Russian ruling dynasty.
The Christian cult of St. Blaise ("Vlasiy" in Russian), the patron of cattle, is the evolution of the ancient pagan cult of god Volos or Veles. It is likely that in pre-Christian times the place where the church is today was the site of an idol of Volos.
St Nicholas’ Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in Russia among those devoted to St. Nicholas.
According to the legend, in the 12th c. the icon healed Mstislav the Prince who later on ordered St. Nicholas Cathedral – the prince’s cathedral in Yaroslav’s Courtyard - to be built. The church sacred image is the first signed icon of St. Nicholas of Lipno by Aleksa Petrov (1294).
The St. Sophia is one of the oldest stone buildings of Russia.
The heart of Veliky Novgorod has always been the Kremlin, or Detinets, as they called it in old times.
This is an ensemble of really valuable 12th – 17th century architectural monuments located on the right bank of the Volkhov River, right opposite the Kremlin.
