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The Antoniev Monastery

The Antoniev Monastery

Novgorod. The Antoniev Monastery. Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin (1117; with the porch added in the 17th century), to the right, the Church of the Presentation in the Temple (1533-1536). General view.

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History of the Novgorod

History of the Novgorod

Early Russia's foremost cultural and art centre, Novgorod was first mentioned in a scripture in 859. For the many centuries ever since Novgorod produced a large artistic school and preserved numberless monuments of the 11th-17th-century architecture, along with artistically outstanding works of early monumental painting. Novgorod remained unconquered throughout the hard times of Tartar invasion, so that its cultural monuments and artistic traditions survived until to-day. This explains the city's special significance in Russian art.

22 May 2007

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