While the official name of the town is Rostov, it is better known to Russians as Rostov Veliky, i.e. Rostov the Great. This name is used to distinguish it from Rostov on Don, which is now a much larger city
Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery situated to the left from the Rostov kremlin on the Rostov
While the official name of the town is Rostov, it is better known to Russians as Rostov Veliky, i.e. Rostov the Great. This name is used to distinguish it from Rostov on Don, which is now a much larger city
Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God Iversky in the Uspensko-Iversky monastery in Borschevoe, Russia
Cross of worship on a place of an altar of the Cathedral of Prelate Nikolay
The history of the Cathedral begins on December 25, 1812. This was the day that the last soldiers of Napoleons_qt_ 600,000 man army were driven out of Russia. Emperor Alexander I signed a Manifesto ordering the construction of a magnificent Cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior in Moscow as a thanksgiving to God and to honor the victorious Russian army
Village of Oia at Santorini island in the Cyclades, aegean sea, Greece
Traditional Greek white church arch with cross and bells in village Oia of Cyclades Island Santorini Greece
Saint-Troitsky Cathedral. Alexandrov. Russia. Domes of a Christian cathedral. Greatness and beauty of architecture amazes imagination
While the official name of the town is Rostov, it is better known to Russians as Rostov Veliky, i.e. Rostov the Great. This name is used to distinguish it from Rostov on Don, which is now a much larger city
While the official name of the town is Rostov, it is better known to Russians as Rostov Veliky, i.e. Rostov the Great. This name is used to distinguish it from Rostov on Don, which is now a much larger city
Village of Oia at Santorini island in the Cyclades, aegean sea, Greece
Classical Greek architecture of the streets in the Cyclades Greece