Mirozhsky Monastery

Local nameСпасо-Преображенский Мирожский монастырь
LocationPskov, Russia

Mirozhsky Monastery is a 12th century Russian Orthodox monastery complex in Pskov, Russia, famous for its frescoes, located in the Christ's Transfiguration Cathedral. The name of the monastery is derived from the name of the Mirozha River, since the monastery is located at the place where the Mirozha joins the Velikaya River, on the left bank of the Velikaya. The catholicon of the monastery is one of the two pre-Mongol buildings which survived in Pskov, and contains the frescoes of the 12th century. The monastery, together with the Transfiguration Cathedral, is part of the Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture, which became an World Heritage Site in 2019.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirozhsky_Monastery

Address Гражданская улица, Псков, Russia

Coordinates 57°48'21.361" N 28°19'43.257" E

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