Editing Rostov Veliky (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:Stamp-russia2009-kremlins-3.png|thumb|right|Definitive stamp of Russia showing Rostov Kremlin.]]

The architecture of the city shows many examples of early Russian Orthodox architecture. The central town square of Rostov is occupied by the Assumption Cathedral. It is unknown when the present building was erected, the mid-16th century being the most likely date. Lower parts of the cathedral walls are dated to the 12th century. The ponderous bell tower was constructed mostly in the 17th century. Its bells are among the largest and most famous in Russia - each has its own name. The largest bell, cast in 1688, weighs {{convert|32,000|kg}}. It is named Sysoy to honor the city's founding father. The church is home to the [[incorruptibility|incorrupt body]] of Saint [[Leontius of Rostov]].<ref>[https://www.brewiarz.pl/czytelnia/swieci/05-23a.php3 Internetowa Liturgia Godzin]</ref>

An area situated between the cathedral square and the lake was chosen by Iona Sysoevich as a place for his fairy-tale [[House|residence]]. All the construction works were carried out between 1667 and 1694. Major buildings include the ornate Savior Church-na-Senyakh (1675), the sombre Church of St. Gregory (1670), and the [[barbican]] churches of St. John the Apostle (1683) and of the Resurrection of Christ (1670). The residence, often erroneously called [[Kremlin (fortification)|kremlin]], also includes eleven ornate tower bells, numerous palaces, several small belfries, and the diminutive [[baroque]] Church of Our Lady of [[Smolensk]] (1693). All the churches are elaborately painted and decorated.

The cathedral and four tall kremlin churches with their silver "blind" domes were imitated throughout the city. This is particularly evident in the Savior-on-the-Market church and the cathedral church of the Nativity convent, both dating from the 17th century and situated near the kremlin walls. The oldest church within the town center was consecrated to St.&nbsp;Isidore the Blessed in 1565. They{{who|date=March 2012}} say that [[Ivan the Terrible]] had the architect executed, because his church was so much smaller than its predecessor.

The kremlin is flanked by two monasteries, both facing the Lake Nero. To the right from the kremlin stands the [[Abraham]] monastery, founded in the 11th century and one of the oldest in Russia. Its cathedral, commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in 1553 to commemorate the [[conquest of Kazan]], inspired numerous churches in the region, particularly in [[Yaroslavl]].

[[Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery]], situated to the left from the Kremlin on the town's outskirts, has been venerated as the shrine of St. [[Dmitry of Rostov]]. Most of the monastery structures were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the fine [[neoclassicism|neoclassical]] style. There are also two 17th-century churches: the Conception of St. Anna, and the Transfiguration of Our Savior. Unlike most other churches in the town, the monastery belongs to the [[Russian Orthodox]]y and houses a theological [[seminary]].

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File:Успенский собор в Ростове Великом.jpg|Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos
File:RostovKremlin 5911.JPG|The citadel of Rostov seen from Lake Nero
File:RostovKremlin.jpeg|Rostov Kremlin in summer (1911)
File:Rostov (Kremlin) (8).JPG|The courtyard in the kremlin
File:Озеро Неро на закате 2.jpg|Lake Nero
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