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.

Torgovaya Storona

Novgorod. Torgovaya Storona. In the foreground, Church of St Paraskeva Pyatnitsa (1207; rebuilt in 1345, 16th-18th century); in the centre, the belfry (late 17th century) of the Cathedral of St Nicholas-on-Dvorische; on the right, the Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower of the Gostiny Dvor (Merchant’s Yard) (late 17th century). General view

Torgovaya Storona

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

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