Novodevichy Monastery

Novodevichy Monastery.
The monastery was founded around 1524 in the suburbs of Moscow on the Maiden Field. The cathedral church of the monastery was built on the model of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin and is one of the significant monuments of ancient Russian art in Moscow. The walls and towers of the monastery were built in the XVI-XVII centuries, most of the existing buildings of the monastery belong to the 2nd floor of the XVII century. and it is an excellent example of the "Moscow Baroque" style.