Rotunda (Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross)

The Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Torzhka, well known also under the same name as the Rotunda Chapel, served as a replacement for the wooden chapel of Sofia the Prewiss and is located on the commercial square (January 9 Square), near the coastline of the Tvertsy River.

This building, consisting of twelve columns and having a couple of domes at once, was built according to the project of the famous architect Nikolai Anatolyevich Lvov (in 1811-1814), but after the death of the author.

It is noteworthy that in the dungeon of the rotunda there is a holy well. During the XIX century, the chapel was known as the Life-Creating Cross, and in the XX century the building was supplemented by an altar and a bell tower, which was originally completely devoid of windows. A little less than twenty years ago, the chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Borisogleb monastery.

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