Places to visit "Cathedral of the Assumption"

Today I'm on vacation and I was thinking about some places that I have visited or that I would like to visit. Well, I'm going to share some with you in future posts, I hope you like them. Today the Cathedral of the Assumption.

The Assumption Cathedral in the city of Vladimir (a small town about 190 km from Moscow), is one of the most important Russian medieval churches (13th and 14th centuries). It is an Orthodox temple as well as a cemetery for Russian Admirals and naval officers. It was commissioned by Andrei Bogoliubski and dedicated to the Virgin Mary whom she declared as the patron saint of the city. It is located on Suborov Street No. 3, on a hill from which you can see a large part of the city.

The history of the cathedral dates back to when Admiral of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Samuilovich Greig asked Emperor Alexander I to build a church in the ruins of Kersonesos (where Vladimir I of Kiev was baptized). Finally, the idea of building is accepted, but in the center of the city and not in the requested location.

When the Admiral dies, he is buried in the place where the future cathedral will be built. This was built between 1158 and 1160 and expanded in the period 1185 – 1189.

The Assumption Cathedral has an area of 1,178 square meters and was, for 300 or 400 years, the largest in Russia. It was built with Inkerman stone, with a height at the cross of 32.5 meters and the internal covering of the columns is made of Carrara marble. On the outer walls of its façade there are four memorial plaques with the names of the Admirals buried there.

The tombs are located below the cathedral, and with a general epitaph in the shape of a cross made of black marble. On the interior walls are the names of the officers who carried out the defense of the city and were awarded the Order of Saint Gregory. The frescoes in it were painted by the renowned artist A. E. Korneev, the ornamental paintings on the walls and arches were made by the Swiss artist R. Izelli and the marble works are the work of the Italian V. Bonnani.

The Assumption Cathedral was badly damaged during the Second World War, but it was remodeled and in 1992 it was declared a World Heritage Site, along with the valuable buildings that are part of the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal.

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