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Veliky Novgorod UNESCO world heritage sites

Peryn Monastery at Peryn skete
The monastery was probably founded in Peryn soon after the pagan shrine was destroyed, when a wooden church was reportedly erected there.
The St. George's (Yuriev) Monastery at Yur'yevskoye Shosse, 10
The St. George's (Yuriev) Monastery is usually cited as Russia's oldest monastery. It stands in 5 kilometers south of Novgorod on the left bank of the Volkhov River near where it flows out of Lake Ilmen. The monastery used to be the most important in the medieval Novgorod Republic.
Zverin Monastery (Pokrovskiy Sobor) at Bredova-Zverinaya Ulitsa, 18
This is one of the oldest Russian monasteries, founded not later than the 12th century.
Kremlin at Territoriya Kreml', 11
It is a large oval 545 metres long and 240 metres wide with nine surviving towers.
Yaroslav’s Courtyard on Il'ina Ulitsa
The Trade Mart renovated and heavily modified in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, is all that is left of the princely palace itself.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign (Znamensky Cathedral) at Il'ina Ulitsa, 26
Now it is a monumental fresco painting museum where you can see the well-preserved frescoes of 1702. The Church of the Transfiguration, which is famous for the frescoes of Theophanes the Greek, is near the cathedral.
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Monastery of St. Anthony at Antonovo, 3
The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, like the Church of St. George in the Yuriev Monastery, is one of the few three-domed churches in Russia. It is also one of the few buildings in Russia which survived from the 12th century.
The Nativity of Christ Church in the Field at Ulitsa Svyazi, 15
Year of construction : between approximately 1500 and approximately 1600.
The Church of Our Saviour at Nereditsa at ul. Posolskaya, 22
The small stone church is built as a cube and has one dome. It is based on four pillars and has three apses at the eastern side.
Annunciation Church at Rurikovo Gorodische
It is just there that the first residence of the first Russian prince of newborn Russian state was located.