Upper Posad in Vologda

Upper Posad is the historical district of the city of Vologda. Since the end of the XIX century to Upper Posad it is customary to include the territory limited from the west side by the Vologda-Arkhangelsk railway line, from the north by the Peace Park, from the east - by the Vologda River and Leningradskaya Street, and from the south - by October Street. The earliest settlement on this land, dating from the XIII century, Vologda settlement is just on the territory of Upper Posad. Also in the historical center of Vologda you can see the Lazy Playground - the legendary place of foundation of Vologda by Gerasim Vologda.

On the territory of Upper Posad there are other historical monuments - the church of Constantine and Helena, the former Gorn-Uspensky monastery, Vladimir churches, the church of Varlaam Khutynsky and the church of Ilya the Prophet in Kamenya, as well as several preserved sites of historical development and monuments of Vologda wooden architecture - the Zasetsky house, the Volkov house, the Zasodimsky house and others. Tourists on the territory of Upper Posad can also visit the Museum “World of Forgotten Things”.