A walk around Pereslavl-Zalessky won't be quick, but it will certainly be fascinating. Panoramic views, myths and legends, ancient churches, and plenty of pleasant impressions await you in this town on Russia's Golden Ring.
Feodorovsky Convent
🕍 Place of worship
D. N. Kardovsky's Mansion
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
S. F. Kharitonov Arboretum
🌳 Botanical garden
Goritsky Dormition Monastery Ensemble
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Holy Trinity St. Daniel Monastery
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
St. Nicholas Convent
🕍 Place of worship
Church of the Forty Martyrs
🕍 Place of worship
Lake Pleshcheyevo
🌿 Public garden or park
Viewpoint at the City Beach
🔭 Viewpoint
St. Nikita Monastery
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Church of St. Simeon the Stylite
🕍 Place of worship · 🕵️ Urban legend · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Summer Garden
🌿 Public garden or park
Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Prison Castle
📜 Historic site
Vladimir Icon Cathedral and Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
World of Railways Museum
🏛️ Museum
Hand-Pump Trolley Ride
⚙️ Industrial site
Botik of Peter I Museum-Estate
🏛️ Museum · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Point 13
🏟️ Architectural landmark • 📜 Historic site
This is a tent-roofed church. In its silhouette, the upper “tent” is clearly separated from the massive, broad base. A tent-roofed church is believed to represent an architectural model of the path to the Kingdom of Heaven, the place where the earthly square, symbol of the created world, joins the heavenly circle, symbol of eternity.
In 1310, at a time of strained relations between the princes of Moscow and Tver, Metropolitan Peter was tried on charges of selling church offices. According to legend, a wooden church was built on this spot in the 14th–15th centuries. The metropolitan was later acquitted, and the church was rebuilt in stone. The money for its construction was donated by Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In the Soviet period the church was abandoned. In the 1950s–60s the Yaroslavl Scientific Restoration Workshop restored the ancient shape of the roof and the original appearance of the windows, strengthened the masonry, and uncovered old arches beneath a thick layer of plaster. The Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan is an architectural monument of national significance.
In 1991 the church was returned to believers, but its doors remain closed because the building is in a dangerous state of disrepair.
Point on route “A Town of Fifty Churches and One Lake”
Point 13
🏟️ Architectural landmark • 📜 Historic site
This is a tent-roofed church. In its silhouette, the upper “tent” is clearly separated from the massive, broad base. A tent-roofed church is believed to represent an architectural model of the path to the Kingdom of Heaven, the place where the earthly square, symbol of the created world, joins the heavenly circle, symbol of eternity.
In 1310, at a time of strained relations between the princes of Moscow and Tver, Metropolitan Peter was tried on charges of selling church offices. According to legend, a wooden church was built on this spot in the 14th–15th centuries. The metropolitan was later acquitted, and the church was rebuilt in stone. The money for its construction was donated by Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In the Soviet period the church was abandoned. In the 1950s–60s the Yaroslavl Scientific Restoration Workshop restored the ancient shape of the roof and the original appearance of the windows, strengthened the masonry, and uncovered old arches beneath a thick layer of plaster. The Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan is an architectural monument of national significance.
In 1991 the church was returned to believers, but its doors remain closed because the building is in a dangerous state of disrepair.
18 points
23 km
6.55 hours
