Museum "Shurovo hillfort"

Suzdal, Korovniki, 2B

Sights of Suzdal Do you want to feel like a real resident of Ancient Rus? Plunge into the literal sense of living history can be, visiting the Suzdal Museum "Shurovo hillfort". A unique place where, besides the ancient cottages and buildings of the time of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, there are many interactive classes in which everyone is interested.

Pokrovsky Monastery in Suzdal

Suzdal, Pokrovskaya, 43

Sights of Suzdal There are many religious sights in Suzdal, but the Pokrovsky Monastery deserves to be visited. The cloister, erected in the 14th century, still contains many secrets and mysteries. To start with, it was not an ordinary monastery, but a place of lifelong exile for women from high society.

Rizopolozhensky Monastery

Suzdal, Lenina, 77

Sights of Suzdal isopolozhsky monastery in Suzdal is considered one of the oldest, erected in the times of Ancient Rus. According to historians, it was founded in 1207, before we did not reach the original buildings of the Monastery of Risopolozhensky, but well preserved buildings dating from the 16th century.

Suzdal Kremlin

Suzdal, Alexey Lebedev, 8

Sights of Suzdal It is better to start acquaintance with the ancient Suzdal with a survey of the beautifully preserved Kremlin and its buildings. And that's why. The Suzdal Kremlin is the oldest building in the city, incorporating its entire history from Vladimir Monomakh.

Seating yard of Suzdal

Suzdal, Lenina, 63A

Sights of Suzdal The court yard in Suzdal was built in the likeness of St. Petersburg in the early 19th century. The shopping arcade, located in the center of the city, was the busiest place in Suzdal. Before us, the Gostiny Dvor reached, alas, not entirely, nevertheless there is something to see.

Museum of wooden architecture in Suzdal

Suzdal, Pionerskaya, 1

Sights of Suzdal The Museum of Wooden Architecture in Suzdal is an open-air complex where unique buildings of 17-19 centuries are collected. Having arrived here, it is possible to glance in a house of the simple farmhand and the prosperous peasant, to become the visitor of a merchant house and at the same time to visit two churches.

Spaso-Evfimievsky Monastery

Suzdal, 3rd International st.

Sights of Suzdal Spaso-Evfimievsky monastery was erected in Suzdal in the middle of the 14th century as a defensive structure. The strong walls of the monastery have survived to this day, and with them a whole complex of structures that will interest any tourist.

The main attraction of Suzdal, a city for centuries the former center of Russian religious life, undoubtedly its churches and monasteries .In the Kremlin there is one of the most beautiful churches of the city, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin .The lower part of it was built in pre-Mongol times, in the 20s of the 13th century, the upper part making it the tallest church in the city, three hundred years later .Differences in masonry and architecture even add a certain charm to the cathedral, and the nearby tent tower and the Bishops' Chambers decorate it even more .

Evfimiev's men's monastery now represents a whole complex of museums. In the Gate Church there is the Dmitry Pozharsky Museum, in the Archimandrite Corps there is an exposition showing books of six centuries, an exhibition of various jewelry is located in the hospital building and an exhibition dedicated to the history of Suzdal monasteries is held in the hospital building.

In addition, there you can see live on the work of restorers. The monastery itself looks like a huge impregnable fortress. Opposite him is an elegant Pokrovsky women's monastery, which served as a haven for the exiled princesses and boyaryn.
In another museum in Suzdal, called "Shurovo hillfort" visitors are waiting for exciting interactive activities, such as archery, possession of the ball, cooking bread in an old oven and riding.

Also very interesting is the Museum of Wooden Architecture, which, perhaps, has the best collection of wooden architecture of the medieval epoch. In the museum you can see huts with recreated interiors, mills, barns, wells and several churches, the most notable of which are the two - Voskresenskaya and Preobrazhenskaya. In addition, in Suzdal, preserved a beautiful example of pre-Petrine stone architecture - built in the 17th century, Posad House. Inside the house the interiors of the rich city house are recreated.

Against the background of all this, the Suzdal Kremlin looks rather modest. But he deserves a detailed inspection, which is only the Hierarchal Chambers, which are considered the standard of Russian architecture. In the list of planned sights of Suzdal should definitely include museums. So, in the museum complex of wooden architecture you can visit real peasant and merchant houses of the times of Peter the Great and at the same time get acquainted with no less unique churches of the 17-19 centuries.

In another museum in Suzdal, called "Shurovo hillfort" visitors are waiting for exciting interactive activities, such as archery, possession of the ball, cooking bread in an old oven and riding.