Russian church. Suzdal is one of the most beautiful cities of the Golden Ring of Russia

Suzdal beauties have not only the all-Russian value - local architectural monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Tourists from all over the world come to get acquainted with them and feel the Russian flavor. In Suzdal, it seems, you are transported into the past. Suzdal Kremlin is the oldest part of the city.

Once there was a fortified settlement. Under Vladimir Monomakh, the Suzdal Kremlin was surrounded by a powerful Earthen rampart with a moat and wooden fortifications. The rampart and the moat have reached our days, a path has been trodden along the shaft, with beautiful views of the surroundings from a height. Acquaintance with Suzdal is impossible without visiting its main attractions - the Kremlin, the Museum of Wooden Architecture and the Savior Euthymius Monastery.

The millennial white-stone Suzdal Kremlin towers in the most ancient part of the city - at the bend of the Kamenka river. The Kremlin complex includes the Bishops' Chambers, the Nikolskaya Church and the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary - one of the oldest in the city, still of the pre-Mongol period. Old wooden buildings: huts, barns, mills and temples, which survived in the vicinity of Suzdal, are gathered in one place - in the Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life.

The boundaries of the city remain unchanged from the 18th century. This is an open-air museum, where unique monuments of antiquity are combined with natural splendor. The landscape characteristic of Suzdal is the white-stone Kremlin walls along the banks of the river and the domes of churches glittering in the sun framed by protected meadows.

In the city there are 32 active temples and more than 150 architectural monuments. Not far from Vladimir is one of the symbols of Vladimir Russia, the famous temple of the Intercession on the Nerl. It is located at the station "Bogolyubovo", where commuter trains and buses go. In addition to branded mead and famous cucumber Suzdal is famous for its cakes - especially from rye flour with the filling for the season.

You can't do without tasting a pie with a vizig, chicken or mushrooms. And if you happen to be at the royal table, then the dishes should be chosen appropriately - stuffed sterlet royally, royal pike or completely roasted dairy pigs. By the way, the "Game" section is often found in the menu of city restaurants. So if you have never tasted a wild boar, pheasant, quail or elk, Suzdal is the right place to join the hunting dishes.

Suzdal (Old Russian - sculpt of clay), the oldest city in Russia, is one of the cities of the Golden Ring. Suzdal is among the ten most visited tourist cities in Russia. Despite its small size, by the number of architectural monuments, any city of Russia can envy Suzdal. The economy of the city is mainly focused on serving tourists, the tourist flow does not diminish at any time of the year, but a special influx of tourists to Suzdal is observed in the summer, at the Carnival, on the New Year and during thematic festivals and holidays.

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