Early Russia's foremost cultural and art centre. 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.

Entrance arch of the kremlin

Novgorod. Entrance arch of the kremlin (built in 1820 on the site of the Voskresenskaya (Resurrection) Tower pulled down late in the 17th century). View from the kremlin, from the East

Entrance arch of the kremlin

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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