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ARCHITECTURAL
MONUMENTS
OF
KIRILLO-
BELOZERSKI
MONASTERY
T
he grand ensemble of Kirillo-Belozerski monastery was basically formed
during two centuries — from the end o f the XV to late XVII century.
The beginning o f stone construction in the monastery dates from 1496,
when Master Procho r Rostovski assisted by twenty stone masons erec
t h e c a t h e d r a l o f t h e D o r m i t i o n , which has survived to our
days. It was one o f the first stone structures in the north. Only a little earlier
two stone cathedrals were built: one in Spaso-Kamenni monastery on lake
Kubenskoe near Vologda, and the o ther in the nearby Ferapon tov mon a s
tery.
The arch itec tu ra l volumes of the cathedral o f the Do rm ition manifest
features o f the Moscow building tradition, which goes back to the late XIV —
early XV century, to the Zvenigorod cathedral o f the Do rm ition and the
Trinity-Sergius monastery cathedral. By this time the type of the four-piered
church with stepped arches supporting a drum, which give the in terior space
Kirillo-Belozerski monastery. Plan
I
Uspenski monastery
II
Ivanovski monastery
II I
Ostrog
IV
New Town
1
Cathedral o f the Dormition (1496)
2
Church o f Vladimir (1554)
3
Church o f St.K irill (1781—
1784) 4 Church o f St. Epiphanies (1645)
5
church o f the Presentation, with a refectory chamber
(1519)
6
Church o f Archangel Gabriel (1531—1534)
7
Church o f St. John the Baptist (1531—
1534)
8
Church o f St. Sergius Radonezhski with a refectory chamber (1560, 1594) 9 Church o f
St. John Climacus (1569—1572) above the Holy gates (1523)
10
Church o f Transfiguration above
the Water gates (1595)
11
Church o f St. Euphimius (1646)
12
Bell tower (1757—1761)
13
Forti-
cations o f Uspenski monastery (late XV I—X V II cent.)
14
Svitochnaya tower (late XV I cent.)
15
Small
er Merezhennaya tower (late X V I cent.) 16 Faceted tower (late X V I cent.)
17
H lebennaya tower
(X V II cent.)
18
Povarennaya tower (1761)
19
Fortifications o f Ivanovski monastery (late X V I—
XV II cent.)
20
Glookhaya tower (late X V I cent.)
21
Holy gates o f Ivanovski monastery (late
X V I cen t.)
22
Fortifications o f New Town (1 6 5 4—1680)
23
Vologodskaya tower (1656)
24
Kazanskaya tower (1659)
25
Ferapontovskaya (Moskovskaya) tower (1660)
26
Kosaya tower
(1662)
27
Troitskiye (Trinity) gates (1660s)
28
Belozerskaya (Big Merezhennaya) tower (1660s)
29
Kuznetchnaya tower (1670s)
30
Cook-house (XV I cent.)
31
Treasure chamber (X V I—X V II
cent.)
32
Big hospital chamber (1643—1644)
33
Cook-house cells (1680s)
34
Small hospital cham
ber (1730)
35
Nastoyatelski korpus (the house o f Father Superior) (1647—1648, late X V II cent.)
36
Northern building o f the monks' cells (second h a lf o f the X V II — early X V III cent.)
37
Eastern
building o f cells (Priests' cells late X V II cent.)
38
Cells o f the turn o f the X V II cent. (Monastery
archive)
39
Cells o f the late X V II cent. (Eccliastical school)
40
Cellars' building (late X V II cent.)
41
Canopy over the chapel o f St. Kirill
42
Canopy over the cross o f St. Kirill
43
Remains o f the
Solodezhennaya chamber (1570s)
44
Wooden church o f the Deposition o f the Robe from the village
(settlement) o f Borodava (1485)
45
Wooden mill (X IX cent.)
13