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RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: Ferapontov Monastery

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RIA Novosti invites its readers on a photo tour of Russia. Today we present the Vologda region and the Ferapontov Monastery. 04.01.2012, Sputnik International

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RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: Ferapontov Monastery

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RIA Novosti invites its readers on a photo tour of Russia. Today we present the Vologda region and the Ferapontov Monastery.

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One of the jewels of the Vologda region is the Ferapontov Monastery, located 120 km from Vologda.

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In 2000 the monastery was included on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankThe Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin has special significance in Russian and world culture. Photo: The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin and the steepled church. View from the east.

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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin has special significance in Russian and world culture. Photo: The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin and the steepled church. View from the east.

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According to an inscription on the soffit of the northern door, it was painted by Dionysius and his sons in 1502.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankThis is the only surviving painting of this outstanding representative of the Moscow school of icon painting, the leading painter of the late 15th — early 16th centuries.

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This is the only surviving painting of this outstanding representative of the Moscow school of icon painting, the leading painter of the late 15th — early 16th centuries.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankThe frescoes by Dionysius depicting the warriors St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki (left) and Mina (right) in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.

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The frescoes by Dionysius depicting the warriors St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki (left) and Mina (right) in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.

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The frescoes by Dionysius in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Ferapontov Monastery.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankFresco "Our Lady of Pechersk with Archangels" by Dionysius in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.

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Fresco "Our Lady of Pechersk with Archangels" by Dionysius in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankFresco by Dionysius depicting St. George the Victorious in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.

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Fresco by Dionysius depicting St. George the Victorious in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin inside the grounds of the Ferapontov Monastery.