The Troitsky (Holy Trinity) Convent was founded on the site of the Old High Town, and Prince Konstantin, considered to be the baptist of Murom, put a wooden church in the name of Saints Boris and Gleb in its place in the 12th century. In 1642–1643, Tarasy Tsvetnov, a merchant, initiated the construction of a five-domed stone Holy Trinity Cathedral on the site of the old wooden church.

The Saint George Cathedral dating back to the 13th century is an architectural masterpiece of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus. The ornamentation and decoration of its facades strike the imagination. The cathedral is covered with white stone carvings all over from its bottom to the dome. Biblical scenes and mythical beings, beautiful sirin birds, smiling lions with their tongues put out, centaurs and dragons coexist peacefully here. All this diversity of human and animal figures is entwined with by floral ornamentation in form of a patterned carpet. The indoor premises of the cathedral include a small collection of carved white stones, and the principal and most well-known of them is the Svyatoslav's Cross. It is mentioned on the stone located to the right of the crucifix. The stone says, 'This life-giving cross was made by Prince Svyatoslav in the summer of 1224'.

The History, Architecture and Art Museum in Yuriev-Polsky is one of the best known provincial museums of Russia's Golden Ring. Located in the territory of the Michael the Archangel Monastery, the museum includes the displays that are dedicated to the history of the city, P.I. Bagration, a famous war chief, and the old Russian painting art.