Day Trips from Moscow - Moscow - page 335

Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, Suzdal
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MUSEUM

ARCHBISHOP'S CHAMBERS
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Kremlyovskaya ul; admission R70; 10am-5pm Wed-Mon)
Within the Kremlin, the Archbishop's Chambers houses the Suzdal History Exhibition (
MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 49231 21 624; admission R70; 10am-5pm Wed-Mon) , which includes
the original 13th-century door from the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, photos of its interi-
or and a visit to the 18th-century Cross Hall ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) , which was used for re-
ceptions. The tent-roofed 1635 kremlin bell tower ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) , on the east side
of the yard, contains additional exhibits.

SQUARE

MARKET SQUARE
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Suzdal's Market Sq is dominated by the pillared Trading Arcades ( MAP GOOGLE MAP )
(1806-11) along its western side. There are four churches in the immediate vicinity, includ-
ing the Resurrection Church ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Torgovaya pl; admission R50) . Make the
precarious climb to the top of the bell tower and be rewarded with wonderful views of
Suzdal's gold-domed skyline. The five-domed 1707 Emperor Constantine Church ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ) in the square's northeastern corner is a working church with an ornate interi-
or. Next to it is the smaller 1787 Virgin of All Sorrows Church ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) .

MONASTERY

SAVIOUR MONASTERY OF ST EUTHYMIUS
(- MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 49231 20 746; grounds & individual exhibitions each adult/student R70/
30, all-inclusive ticket adult/student R350/150; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
Founded in the 14th century to protect the town's northern entrance, Suzdal's biggest mon-
astery grew mighty in the 16th and 17th centuries after Vasily III, Ivan the Terrible and the
noble Pozharsky family funded impressive new stone buildings, and big land and property
acquisitions. It was girded with its great brick walls and towers during the 17th century.
Right at the entrance, the Annunciation Gate-Church ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) houses an
interesting exhibit on Dmitry Pozharsky (1578-1642), leader of the Russian army that drove
the Polish invaders from Moscow in 1612.
A tall 16th- to 17th-century cathedral bell tower ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) stands before the
seven-domed Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (- MAP GOOGLE MAP ) .
Every hour on the hour from 11am to 5pm a short concert of chimes is given on the bell