Church of St. George the Victorious
Detailed description
The temple dates back to 1133. The first wooden church was built that year. In 1356, residents of Lubyanitsa Street built a new stone church. The temple burned down several times and was rebuilt. The main period of restoration of the temple falls in the middle of the 18th century. At this time, the temple acquired the features of the Baroque style. At the moment, the temple is a building of "eight on four", there are four windows in the roof of the cornices of the four. There are three entrances to the temple, the main entrance from the west, and additional ones from the south and north. The facades of the temple show the original 14th-century masonry. The temple is included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. There is currently a historical exhibition there.
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Address
Sophia Side, Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 173001