The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Suzdal,
Russia is a World Heritage Site. It is one of the eight White Monuments of
Vladimir and Suzdal and is regarded as one of the most complex monuments of
Russian medieval architecture.
This Cathedral is surrounded by a ring of earthen walls
in an oxbow of Kamenka River. The cathedral was originally built and decorated
with frescoes during the reign of Vladimir II Monomakh in 1102. In 1222, the
dilapidated building was taken down and replaced by a new one built of white
stone. Thus it remained until 1528, when the white stone walls above the arcade
were replaced by brick. In the 17th century, the previously three-domed
cathedral was given five domes and the interior was partially repainted. Thus
the cathedral survives to this day with numerous changes throughout its
history, both in the exterior, and the interior, where the wall frescoes are of
13th-, 15th- and 17th-century origin. The cathedral has also endured fire
several times
Since 1945 the cathedral has been under systematic
restoration aimed at recreating its appearance after the 1528 reconstruction,
but with the onion-shaped domes from 1748 retained.
This postcard came from Marina (5 August 2015)
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