Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery

Yaroslavl Oblast · Russia

Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery, Russia
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Best time to go
May to September
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Rising directly from the shore of Lake Nero at Rostov, this monastery presents a dramatic skyline of baroque domes and towers. It became a major pilgrimage site around the relics of Saint Dimitry of Rostov.

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