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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fresco 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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