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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent' has mentioned 'Convent' in the following places:
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| Novodevichy ConventNovodevichy Convent at nightMonastery informationOrderRussian Orthodox ChurchEstablished1524PeopleFounder(s)Vasili III of RussiaSiteLocationMoscow, RussiaCoordinates55xc2xb043xe2x80xb234xe2x80xb3N 37xc2xb033xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf55.72611xc2xb0N 37.55611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 55.72611; 37.55611Coordinates: 55xc2xb043xe2x80xb234xe2x80xb3N 37xc2xb033xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf55.72611xc2xb0N 37.55611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 55.72611; 37.55611 UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameEnsemble of the Novodevichy ConventTypeCulturalCriteriai, iv, viDesignated2004 (28th session)Referencexc2xa0no.1097State PartyRussian FederationRegionEurope and North America | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Structure and monuments 2 History of the convent 2.1 Muscovite period 2.2 Imperial period 2.3 Soviet period and beyond 2.3.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site proclamation 2.3.2 Bell tower fire 3 Necropolis and cemetery 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links | WIKI |
| The Convent is situated in the south-western part of the historic town of Moscow. | WIKI |
| The Convent territory is enclosed within walls and surrounded by a park, which forms the buffer zone. | WIKI |
| The layout of the convent territory is an irregular rectangle stretching from the west to east. | WIKI |
| The oldest structure in the convent is the six-pillared five-domed Smolensky Cathedral, dedicated to the icon Our Lady of Smolensk. | WIKI |
| The cathedral may be a focal point of the convent, but there are many other churches. | WIKI |
| Most date from the 1680s, when the convent was thoroughly renovated at the behest of the regent Sofia Alexeyevna, who was later incarcerated there. | WIKI |
| History of the convent[edit] | WIKI |
| Vasili's son, tsar Ivan the Terrible (reigned 1533xe2x80x931584), would later grant a number of other villages to the convent. | WIKI |
| Once Russian forces had retaken the convent, tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich supplied it with permanent guards (100xc2xa0Streltsy in 1616, 350xc2xa0soldiers in 1618). | WIKI |
| The convent at night | WIKI |
| In 1724, the convent also housed a military hospital for the soldiers and officers of the Imperial Russian Army and an orphanage for female foundlings. | WIKI |
| By 1763, the convent housed 84xc2xa0nuns, 35xc2xa0lay sisters, and 78xc2xa0sick patients and servants. | WIKI |
| In 1812, Napoleon's army made an attempt to blow up the convent, but the nuns managed to save the cloister from destruction. | WIKI |
| In Tolstoy's War and Peace, Pierre was to be executed under the convent walls. | WIKI |
| Indeed, the Maiden's Field (as a meadow in front of the convent came to be known) was the most popular skating-rink in 19th-century Moscow. | WIKI |
| Also, the convent housed two almshouses for nuns and lay sisters. | WIKI |
| The convent in 1902 | WIKI |
| Most of its facilities were turned into apartments, which spared the convent from destruction. | WIKI |
| In 1943, when Stalin started to make advances to the Russian Orthodox Church during World War II, he sanctioned opening the Moscow Theological Courses at the convent. | WIKI |
| In 1994, nuns returned to the convent, which is currently under the authority of the Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna. | WIKI |
| In 1995, religious services resumed in the convent on patron saint's days. | WIKI |
| In the UNESCO team evaluation, it was affirmed that the convent is the most outstanding example of the so-called "Moscow Baroque". | WIKI |
| The team also pointed out that the convent is an outstanding example of an exceptionally well preserved monastic complex, and that it integrates the political and cultural nature of the existing World Heritage site of Moscow Kremlin. | WIKI |
| Moreover, the convent is itself closely related to Russian Orthodoxy and the Russian history of the 16th and 17th centuries. | WIKI |
| On March 15, 2015, a fire engulfed the convent's tallest bell tower, which pinnacles at height of 72 meters. | WIKI |
| However, Russian Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov said that heat guns were not in use on the territory of the convent and the bell tower had been disconnected from the mains power supply. | WIKI |
| Like other Moscow monasteries (notably the Danilov and the Donskoy), the Convent was coveted by the Russian nobility as a place of burial. | WIKI |
| Sergey Solovyov and Alexei Brusilov are only two of the many prominent Muscovites buried within convent walls. | WIKI |
| The Convent is the only ancient nunnery which served as a fortress at the same time. | UNESCO |
| In the 16th-18th centuries the nunnery was the chosen convent for women from the tsarist dynasty as well as the wealthy boyar and nobility families to take the veil. | UNESCO |
| The elite nature of the convent means that it contains examples of the highest class of architecture with rich interiors. | UNESCO |
| The Convent is a major centrepiece of the south-western part of the historic town of Moscow and the Moscow River, and has a high town-planning value. | UNESCO |
| Even though the character of the cityxe2x80x99s urban surroundings has greatly changed, the Convent still remains an integral part of the landscape, unlike other monastic complexes. | UNESCO |
| The Convent is enclosed by a high masonry wall with twelve towers and with entrance gates to the north and south. | UNESCO |
| It is dedicated to the highest shrine of Russian Orthodoxy, the Icon of the Mother God of Smolensk xe2x80x9cHodigitriaxe2x80x9d and is the Conventxe2x80x99s oldest stone building. | UNESCO |
| Among other major buildings of the Convent is the Bell Tower built in 1683-1690. | UNESCO |
| Due to its great height (72m), unusual disposition, elegant proportions and beautiful decorations, the belfry has always been the main vertical element of the whole western part of the historic town of Moscow thus contributing to the Conventxe2x80x99s town-planning value. | UNESCO |
| From 1898 a new cemetery outside the south wall of the Convent was used as a burial place for the most outstanding Russian intellectuals as well as political and military figures. | UNESCO |
| The Convent has remained untouched mainly due to its use as a museum in the 20th century, while other ensembles were misused or just ruined. | UNESCO |
| In 1890xc2xadxe2x80x931900 the architect S.K Rodionov performed restoration works for the Convent. | UNESCO |