Russia part 9 - Russian Church Bells Ringing in Suzdal

Russian Church Bells Ringing in Suzdal

Bells hand rung in Suzdal, Russia, part of the Golden Ring of Russia

Richly decorated galleries were added to its south and west walls in the seventeenth century. The Holy Gate, one of the convent's most inter­esting buildings, which really amazes  one by  its   ornament,   dates back to the same period. The architectural details made of curved brick produce a fascinating interplay of light and shadow on a sunny day. 

Russia part 7 - Suzdal, ancient chirches of Russia

The primarily in such economically strong centers as Moscow and Tver. The earliest surviving specimen of post-Mongolian architecture in Vladimir is the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Princess Convenet dating back to the fifteenth – sixteenth centuries. Built in what was then a new material for Vladimir brick – the cathedral has a clear tripartite division of the outer walls by flat pilaster strips and three expressive apses. It is crowned by an impressive drum and a dome encircled at the bottom by a ring of pointed decorative corbels. The drum rests on a rectangular base also decorated with pointed corbels.