Description Alexandrov, Russia

Alexandrov, 110 kilometers north-east of Moscow and 40 kilometers from Sergiev Posad - the city of amazing destiny. Fascinating journey into the distant ages awaits tourists visiting the ancient land of Vladimir. Experienced guides will talk about the extraordinary history of the city - a small palace of the village, hunting encampments Pereslavl and the Muscovite princes, he, by the will of Ivan the Terrible, a few years become the de facto capital of the Russian state.

In the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Sloboda became the center of the Russian state. On the territory of the Sovereign's court erected true masterpieces of ancient stone architecture: Crucifixion Church - Bell Tower, Trinity (now Pokrovskaya) and the Assumption Church. Hitherto Trinity Cathedral is decorated with large brass gates of the XVI century, the Terrible removed from Tver and Novgorod. Here, in the palace printing, in 1576, saw the light of printed Andronik ignorant "Psalm Slobodskaya.