COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Novodevichy Convent
Alternate Title:
Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery
Image View:
Bell Tower, view of the upper four tiers
Creator:
unknown (Russian)
Location:
site: Moscow, Rossiya, Russia
GPS:
+55.726095+37.556390
Date:
ca.1524-1700 (inclusive)
Cultural Context:
Russian
Style Period:
Muscovite (style); Seventeenth century; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
convent
Work Type 2:
fortification
Classification:
architecture
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; bell tower
Description:
Novodevichy Convent is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens' Monastery, was devised to differ from an ancient maidens' convent in the Moscow Kremlin. Unlike other Moscow cloisters, it has remained virtually intact since the 17th century. In 2004, it was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built as a fortress at a curve of the Moskva River and became an important part of the southern defensive belt of the capital, which had already included a number of other monasteries. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia…
Image Description:
Completed in 1690, this six tired octagonal bell tower is one of the most exubereant examples of Baroque architecture in Moscow.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
1A2-R-M-N-E7
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Novodevichy Convent
