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Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir

1158–1160 · 12th century

The Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir, Russia, was built of white limestone in 1158–1160 by Andrei Bogolyubsky and enlarged after a fire in the 1180s by Vsevolod the Big Nest. It was the mother church of north-eastern Rus', and in 1238 the grand prince's family died in it when the Mongols stormed the city. Andrei Rublev painted frescoes there in 1408.

Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir
Image: Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Vladimir-Suzdal

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