🏛 Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (Uspensky Sobor)

Владимир, Большая Московская ул., 56

A cathedral from 1160 with frescoes by Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chorny; both a working church and a museum.

The first cathedral was built under Andrey Bogolyubsky in 1158–1160 and painted as early as 1161.
After the fire of 1185, Vsevolod the Big Nest surrounded the church with galleries, so the old cathedral ended up inside the new one.
The cathedral served as the model for the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
The cathedral's builders, Andrey Bogolyubsky and his brother Vsevolod the Big Nest, are buried in the north gallery.
In 1238 the grand prince's family locked themselves in the cathedral; the Mongols set it on fire and everyone inside perished.
The 1408 frescoes by Rublev and Daniil Chorny were hidden under plaster for a long time and were uncovered during the restoration of 1882–1884.
In 1767 Catherine II allocated 14,000 rubles to renovate the cathedral; the ancient iconostasis was then replaced with a new one.

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