🏛 Dormition Cathedral of Dmitrov

Дмитров, Историческая пл., 11

A white-stone cathedral of the early 16th century with a carved iconostasis by Armoury Chamber masters (late 17th century), the main church of the Dmitrov Kremlin.

The exact building date is unknown: the foundation is placed in 1507 or 1509, in the time of Dmitrov's prince Yuri Ivanovich, son of Ivan III.
The cathedral resembles the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, and researchers believe Italian masters took part in building it.
The facade has a mid-16th-century tiled bas-relief of St George, 3 metres in diameter.
The carved iconostasis of the late 17th century was made by Armoury Chamber masters; two of its icons were painted in the early 15th century.
The classicist bell tower was built in 1793–1796 to a design by the serf architect M. Ya. Agafonov.
In 1792 a carved tent-roofed bishop's seat of the 17th century was brought here from the bishop's residence at Krutitsy.
The icon of St Demetrius of Thessalonica of the late 12th century, once kept here, is now in the Tretyakov Gallery.
From 1932 the cathedral housed a museum, and the church was consecrated anew only on 23 July 2003.

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Dmitrov: kremlin ramparts, a monastery and the canal