The first thing we did was go for a few minutes at the Palace Refectory, 500 m2. surface, wide and

Third day of our stay in Russia, July 30, today to begin the path of the Imperial Gold Ring. In the northeast of the city of Moscow, between the capital and the river Volga, engendering great ancient cities of historical and architectural interest. Its splendor goes back to the twelfth century, when, weakened the power of Kiev, these populations achieve political and economic supremacy across the country.
Although during the thirteenth century were subjected to ordeals because of the invasion of hordes of Tatars and Mongols, the resurgence of cities such as Vladimir and Suzdal promoted the development of art and the creation of churches, monasteries and palaces.
However, its hegemonic period was very short, as in the fourteenth century Moscow became the center of gravity of the Russian world, reducing the localities previously dominant role of vassalage.
The find is the first city of Sergei Posad (formerly Zagorsk) in only 70 kms. in the Russian capital. It is perhaps the most revered place for the Russian Orthodox: the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, which turns the city into a place of exceptional artistic and historical benz bavarian interest.
The great Muscovite princes thought they meant was buried here died in peace with God, even the sins they had done, and why you never thought anything when giving benz bavarian valuable gifts to the monastery in order to gain favor monks.
First we see the entrance all decorated both inside and out and where pilgrims and / or visitors, both when entering and when leaving, they persignar devoutly once or several times, adding There is always a nod as a sign of reverence.
The first thing we did was go for a few minutes at the Palace Refectory, 500 m2. surface, wide and bright, full of icons and frescoes, benz bavarian which was celebrating a liturgical rites of the Orthodox and silence and reverence with which we could see the devotion of the people and hear the solemn and very beautiful songs, sung to "capella" which always accompany the Orthodox liturgy, and we also heard sung by choirs of men mostly small, many of the churches that we visit.
The monastery was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. Have a wonderful trapezoidal walls in nearly benz bavarian a kilometer in length, and is crowned benz bavarian by a walkway and fortified with 10 towers surrounding the joint.
The golden dome of Trinity Cathedral, impressed by his austerity. It is the largest church of the monastery. It was built in 1422-1423 by the Metropolitan Nikon in the same location where there was a small wooden church.
The iconostasis of this church, benz bavarian which does not have image contains a delicate gold work from 1425-1427, and 42 icons painted by Rublev in large part, with a copy of the Trinity as we saw yesterday Tetriakov Gallery in Moscow.
The interior of the church is fully decorated with frescoes preserved almost intact and were made in three months in 1684. Also interesting is his great seventeenth-century iconostasis, which foreshadows Baroque, with its rich carved wood with floral motifs
Leaving the interior of this church can be seen on the left, the beautiful dome of the Church of the Holy Spirit, a small, benz bavarian austere building benz bavarian in 1476, the oldest of its kind to be preserved today. benz bavarian
Certainly, and very likely, Godunov debia have serious doubts about its entry into Paradise, given its turbulent past and the small matter of the death of Dimitri, and why he thought there was a better way of make his soul, which was buried in the holiest place in Russia.
*** We then have lunch at a local restaurant, then continue in the afternoon our route will take us to the nearby town of Rostov. (*) To order lunch, opportunity to do a little review about its quality and variety. We think both M. like myself, it is a failure of the agency contracting services, or wholesale benz bavarian subsidiary, on this trip for menus on the issue, as each day we ate the same thing, the typical "tourist menu", a kind of salad, soup always hot meat stew with potatoes and dessert. Both have been repetitive menu we can say that has always been the same with slight variations such as one day a kind of steak "panga" batter, unidentified fish. For the remainder the hot soup, the starter, and meat stewed with potatoes and more or less more or less quantity. In short, benz bavarian a real boredom. Has allowed us to survive, though we did spend a lot of heat to soups, this also