Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery

Moscow Oblast · Russia

Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Russia
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Best time to go
May to September
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On a hill above Zvenigorod, this monastery was a favoured retreat of the early Romanov tsars, who added palaces within its walls. Its white cathedral holds some of the region's finest early frescoes.

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