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- In 1238 Suzdal was sacked by the Mongols, the interior of the cathedral was destroyed. The building survived through centuries of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, but finally was burned down and collapsed in 1445.
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In 1238 Suzdal was sacked by the Mongols, the interior of the cathedral was destroyed. The building survived through centuries of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, but finally was burned down and collapsed in 1445. In 1528-1530 Vasili III Ivanovich rebuilt the cathedral.
Feb 3, 2017 · The upper part of the Nativity Cathedral was damaged by a major fire that swept through Suzdal in 1719, and it subsequently underwent substantial repairs.
- William Brumfield
Nov 20, 2015 · Through decades marked by plague, famine, and invasion, the Suzdal Nativity Cathedral stood until 1445, when a raiding force of Kazan Tatars took the town and set fire to the cathedral...
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos Legion Media Another absolute must-see is the Savior Monastery of St Euthymius , founded in 1352 partly for defensive purposes.
Throughout its history, the church has repeatedly burned. There are buried sons of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, the princes of the Shuiskis, etc. in the cathedral. The Cathedral of the Nativity is a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name «White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal.»
The Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, whose blue domes spangled with gold dominate the front courtyard of the Suzdal kremlin, was founded in the 1220s. Only its richly carved lower section is original white stone, however; the rest is 16th-century brick.
In 1238 Suzdal was sacked by the Mongols, the interior of the cathedral was destroyed. The building survived through centuries of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, but finally was burned down and collapsed in 1445. In 1528-1530 Vasili III Ivanovich rebuilt the cathedral.
