Culture and Art
Vologda is one of the best preserved big cities of Russia combining traditional wooden architecture and stone monuments. In Vologda, 193 monuments of architecture and history are designated as cultural monuments of federal significance. The most known of them are
- Vologda Kremlin (Bishop's courtyard)
- Saint Sophia cathedral
- Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery
- ensemble of the Vladimir churches
- Konstantin and Elena church, St. John the Baptist Church in Roshcheniye with its frescoes
- Dmitry Prilutsky church
- Church of the Intercession on Kozlyona
- architectural ensembles of the Stone bridge and of the Revolyutsii Square
Of 116 historical cities of Russia only 16 have monuments of wooden architecture. Vologda is among them.
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