Презентация -
Новодевичий монастырь -
novodevichy convent
Novodevichy Convent, lying by a river bend on the south-western edge of old Moscow, is one of the city's loveliest monasteries and major spiritual centres from centuries back. This are – ligious house, founded in 1525, has witnessed and taken part in many momentous events of Russian history. The churches, palaces and walls of Novodevichy, erected during, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, are unique for their artistic excellence and architectural unity, and favourably copmpare with Moscow's other monasteries by their fine state of preservation. Today the convent is home to a branch of the State Historical Museum and boast a fascinating collection of paintings and applied art, kept within its walls for hundreds of years
