Lake Plescheyevo

The Alexander’s Hill

Kleshin

The Wall Ring

The Red Square

Rostovskaya Str.

The Temerins’ Manor

Shalanin printing works

Narodnaya Square

Orphanage

The Boys’ Gymnasium

Colleges for Girls

Fire station

Pavlov Mansion House

The Prison Church

The Girls’ Gymnasium

The Varentsov Mansion

Orphanage

The Zhitnikov Mansion

The House of Dr. Schill

“Small Rooms”

Infection barrack

The Kardovsky House

Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior

Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan

Sobor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Church of Alexander Nevskiy

Church of the Intercession

Church of the Forty Martyrs

Smolensko-Korniliyevskaya Church

Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Znamenskaya Church (The church of our Lady of the Sign)

Church of St. Simeon

Church of St. George

St. Nikita Monastery

St. Danila Monastery

St. Nicola Convent

The St. Theodore Convent

The Museum of History, Architecture and Fine-Arts

Museum–Estate “The Little Boat of Peter the Great”

The Pereslavl Arboretum

Museum of Flat Irons

The Museum of Kettles

The Museum of Steam Engines

   Through centuries of its existence Pereslavl-Zsllesky was one of the centers of the Russian orthodox religion. At the beginning of the 20th century the town had 26 stone churches, of which only 9 have survived. Besides the churches, the town has two monasteries and two convents. Many monuments of olden times that have survived bear the memory of important historical events and famous people.

Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior (1152-1157)
Red square (Open for visitors from the first of May till the first of October. Working hours 10.00–18.00)
For 850 years now, on Red Square, a white single-domed church has stood out against the background of the old town ramparts. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the most ancient church of Vadimirsko-Suzdalskaya architecture school, was erected between 1152 and 1157. It is built of white limestone, has walls that are one and a half meters thick and stands 34 meters high. Initially, the church was intended for the needs of the Prince’s court and the town fortress’s guards. The cathedral was the main church of Pereslavl and a burial place for its Princes, Dmitriy Alexandrovich and Ivan Dmitrievich (1294-1302). Preserved until the present day are the temple icon “Transfiguration” of the 14th century, which you can see now in the Tretyakov Gallery, and the silver cup of the 12th century, exhibited in the Armory Chamber. Unfortunately, the ancient frescoes of the 12th century have not survived. The marble iconostasis was installed in the 19th century. Nowadays, the Cathedral is a monument of national significance and a branch of the Pereslavl-Zalessky Museum-Preserve.