A white stone palace with the Church of the Nativity and a fortress with earthen ramparts and stone walls were built in Bogolyubovo in 1158 through 1165. Today, the former princely residence is an active monastery, where you can still see fragments of Andrey Bogolyubsky's buildings preserved. Andrey Bogolyubsky spent seventeen years in his country residence, where a complex of palatial buildings was built on his orders. The centre of the ensemble was the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God with two-storey galleries — passages with stair towers — on both sides. The northern gallery led to the prince's residence. Both wings ended with battle towers, which were part of the defensive system of Bogolyubovo. In front of the entrance to the temple, there was a magnificent water basin under an eight-columned tent. his magnificent tent, known as a ciborium, cast a shadow over the holy water basin, where a thirsty traveller could quench their thirst and refresh their face with holy water. The square in front of the palace was lined with white stone slabs with gutters. And so, Bogolyubovo became a prosperous white stone city! It was in his own residence that Andrey Bogolyubsky was murdered on the night of 29 June 1174 by the Kuchkovich boyars, opponents of the princely unity of power. The tower with its spiral staircase and the adjoining gallery where the prince was killed have been preserved to this day.