Church of the Nativity
ooh Kedrova, 1, Yaroslavl, Russia
Description:
The Church of the Nativity of Christ, the intersection of Kedrov Street with the Volga embankment.
The building with a complex ensemble image has a restrained style of scenery, but is complicated in structure by 3 galleries around and 5 aisles attached at different times.
The ensemble for several decades collected, and now stores works.
The best Yaroslavl masters of the XVII century.
At the beginning of the XIX century, the appearance of the church was distorted by alterations. However, in 1960, the restorers managed to restore the original appearance of the temple, which is a valuable monument of architecture and painting.
The temple builders were two generations of merchants of the Yaroslavl dynasty Guriev-Nazarev, they financed and supervised the construction and formation of the church for more than half a century.