Город Владимир Путешествие по древним городам Владимирской земли Старый Владимир Old Russian Towns Памятники архитектуры Музеи Музеи, экспозиции

Город Суздаль История Суздаля Герб суздаля Архитектура Суздаля Музеи Суздаля

Досуг и развлечения Где поесть во Владимире Где поспать во Владимире Что можно посмотреть во Владимире Где поесть в Суздале Где поспать в Суздале Что можно посмотреть в Суздале

The spot on which the palace used to stand is now occupied by a building, formerly containing monastic cells, erected in the early nineteenth century. Traces of the palace's stone walls were discovered during its con­struction. The palace consisted of two storeys and the decoration of its outer walls was undoubtedly similar to that of the surviving tower and north passage, i.e., a band of blind arcading, pilasters dividing up the walls, the arcade motif in the lower tier, and stone carving Remains of some of these features were discovered dur­ing excavations. It is possible that the palace, the secular part of the whole ensemble, was distinguished from the other buildings by its roof, like the tower which originally had a gilded tent-shaped spire.

Thus the prince and his entourage were able to reach the choir-gallery from the upper storey of the palace by a series of covered passages. But the choir-gallery did not form the end of this network. Excavations among the later graves and tombs on the south side of the cathedral have revealed faint traces of foundations and paving, proving that the south wall of the old cathedral was also connected to a staircase tower by a passage similar to the north one. Traces of decoration identical to that on the north passage have been found, including small columns from the band of blind arcading, fres coes, carving and majolica tiles from the floor. These passages led to the fortified walls thereby connecting the palace with the citadel.

Thus we have a reconstructed picture of this fascinat­ing ensemble. The buildings were not arranged in a straight line with all their main facades pointing in the same direction. They curved at the north tower follow­ing the dip in the southern slope of the hill. The east and west facades must have been extremely impressive. To the east the buildings looked out over the jetty on the river. The graceful cathedral apses partitioned by thin semi-columns faced in this direction, as did the triple window of the staircase tower and its entrance. Beyond the shadowy archways gleamed the white stone of the palace courtyard which travellers from Vladimir would enter through the main palace gates. The west side of the ensemble, moulded into an architectural whole by the band of blind arcading and the arcaded passageways, looked onto this courtyard. This was the main facade. Its focal point was the golden domed ca­thedral with the two staircase towers which, as it were, stood guard over the building on either side. In this re­spect it stood as a proud rival to the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kiev which also had two towers. The simi­larity was clearly intentional. On either side stretched the network of passages linking the cathedral with the palace to the north and the citadel to the south.

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