Официальный туристический портал Владимирской Области

The Vladimir Region Alexandrov Gorokhovets Gus-Khrustalny Kameshkovo Kirzhach Kolchugino Kovrov Melenki Mstera Murom Petushki Pokrov Sobinka Sudogda Suzdal Vladimir Vyazniki Yuriev-Polsky

Pokrovsky Convent

The Pokrovsky Convent founded in 1364 is known to be the place where during the 16th-17th centuries more than twenty aristocratic women were cloistered, including the spouses of Vasily the Third, Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great.

According to the legend of the Reverend Euthimius of Suzdal, the Pokrovsky nunnery was founded by the Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod Prince Andrey Konstantinovich in 1363–1364.
The highest rise of the convent relates to the name of Vasily the Third who donated a large amount of money to the convent in the early 16th century that was later used to build the now surviving Pokrovsky Cathedral and the Holy Gates, as well as the cells, which apparently have not survived, and the enclosing wall. One of the first convent prisoners was Solomonia Saburova, Vasily the Third's wife, who was accused of infertility and admitted to the veil in 1525 as Nun Sofia.

St. George Cathedral

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'.

Merchants' Rows in Kovrov

The Kovrov Merchants' Rows were built in 1892–1893. By the beginning of the 20th century, Kovrov became one of the most important industrial centres of the Vladimir region. The town had an iron foundry, a sawmill, several brick factories, and in 1916, it saw the start of construction of Russia's largest machine-gun factory. The industry development drove the city's growth. It was time when the Merchants' Rows were established.

Holy Trinity St. Nikolas (Svyato-Troitsky Nikolsky) Monastery

The Monastery is located on the top of Puzhalova Hill. The main building of the Monastery is the Trinity Cathedral laid in 1681. In the 18th century, the Monastery was surrounded by a stone fence with towers at its corners. The sightseeing platform of the Holy Trinity St. Nikolas Monastery offers a picturesque view of the town.