This museum displays many remains and reproductions of the ornamentation from Vladimir’s two cathedrals as part of an extensive exhibition covering the history of the town from Kyivan princes to the 1917 revolution. Particularly interesting are the artefacts upstairs, including a remarkable keyboardless typewriter from 1905. The red-brick edifice was purpose-built in 1902.
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Saviour Monastery of St Euthymius
20.93 MILES
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Church of the Intercession on the Nerl
7.4 MILES
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19.84 MILES
The grandfather of the Moscow Kremlin, this citadel was the 12th-century base of Prince Yury Dolgoruky, who ruled the vast northeastern part of Kyivan Rus…
0.57 MILES
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0.21 MILES
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Museum of Wooden Architecture & Peasant Life
19.6 MILES
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0.08 MILES
Built between 1193 and 1197, this exquisite, Unesco-listed white-stone cathedral represents the epitome of Russian stone carving. The attraction here is…
0.44 MILES
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0.14 MILES
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0.17 MILES
The expanse of 'Cathedral Sq' is at the heart of downtown Vladimir. Its 22m-tall monument was built for the 850th anniversary of the town's founding…
0.18 MILES
Founded in 1192 by Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky's successor, Prince Vsevolod III, this monastery was for a while considered the heart of the Russian church;…
0.21 MILES
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0.44 MILES
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0.57 MILES
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0.58 MILES
In the 1160s Andrei Bogolyubsky built five defensive gates to guard his city; only this former western entrance survives. It was later restored and…