Don monastery
Description:
During the tour you will learn:
- How the Don Monastery was founded, and how it differs from other Moscow monasteries;
- What is the connection between the Battle of Kulikovo and the capture of Kazan?
- What does the saying “We are all one world of mud” mean?
- How the memorial culture was formed in Russia: from plates with a “wolf tooth” to ancient mourners;
- What is kenotaf?
- Why is the Don Monastery called a textbook on architecture?
The price includes:
Walking tour with a visit to the necropolis of the Don monastery. The meeting place is the Shabolovskaya metro station, the beginning of the program: the Northern Gate of the monastery (Temple of the Tikhvin Icon of BM) from the outside.
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