Trinity Cathedral on the Cathedral Mountain
Cathedral Mountain, Serpukhov, Moscow region, Russia
Description:
In sources, the Trinity Cathedral is mentioned since 1380. In stone it was rebuilt in the middle of the 16th century. And the building that has survived to this day, known since 1696, although it was slightly rebuilt in the early 19th century.
The cathedral is a typical Russian building. White-walled, small, squat and stocky, he seemed to absorb all the features of the Russian character. In the architectural sense, the building is a traditional for Russian churches design of eights on a quadruple with a refectory and tent bell tower.
During the Soviet era, the Trinity Cathedral was closed. Later, a branch of the Historical and Art Museum was located here. Since 2003, services have been held here from time to time.