Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl' has mentioned 'Monastery' in the following places:
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[25] On many an occasion Yaroslavl had to be completely rebuilt, both in terms of residential buildings which no longer exist, to those larger more permanent structures which remain to this day, such as the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery and 1314 Monastery of Maria of Tolga, which is located on the left bank of the Volga. | WIKI |
The most prominent example of this is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery which was destroyed in 1501 and rebuilt in just under a few years. | WIKI |
Resultantly the monastery's cathedral was built up in 1506xe2x80x931516, a building which remains, to this day, the oldest unchanged building in the city. | WIKI |
By the middle of the sixteenth century a number of other building works had been completed in the monastery, also, other than this, for the first time in its history, Yaroslavl gained a stone-built wall with a number of large watch towers which were intended to be used to spot attackers from miles away. | WIKI |
In 1812 the first permanent bridge (built near the Transfiguration Monastery) over the Kotorosl was finished, and by 1820 the city's Volga embankment was stabilized and turned into a large shaded promenade. | WIKI |
The center contains the majority of landmarks and attractions in the city, including the Volkov Theater, the Church of Elijah the Prophet, the football stadium, and the Volga embankment and the monastery, which is often mistakenly called the kremlin. | WIKI |
[44] Since 2005, this ensemble, along with the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery has been included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. | WIKI |
In the 16th century, the first stone wall is built around the monastery. | WIKI |
It is from this monastery that an army of volunteers led by Minin and Prince Pozharsky set out to liberate Moscow from Polish invaders. | WIKI |
In 1787, the monastery was closed and converted into a residence of the Yaroslavl and Rostov bishops. | WIKI |
At that time, monastery buildings began to be reconstructed. | WIKI |
The belfry tower of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery | WIKI |
The most well-known building in the city is the 'Spaso-Preobrazhensky' ('Transfiguration of the Savior') Cathedral of the Spassky (St Savior) Monastery[45] (russ. | WIKI |
This monastery was founded in the 12th century and thus it, and its cathedral, are the oldest buildings in the city. | WIKI |
Typical for a Russian monastery of the Middle Ages, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in Yaroslavl was not built to be no more than a place of worship, but also to be a citadel and kremlin in case, in times of war, there was a need for such a facility. | WIKI |
This is still visible today as the monastery is surrounded by a thick 16th century, white-painted wall, complete with watchtowers and embattlements. | WIKI |
In addition to this there is a gatehouse church, with which the monastery's dungeons and treasury were connected. | WIKI |
The monastery has long had a place in the history of Yaroslavl and continues, albeit nowadays as a museum, to play a role in the life of the city. | WIKI |
It was largely thanks to the impregnability of the monastery that, during the time of the Troubles, the Russian peasants' army was able to defend the city and then go on to liberate Moscow from its Polish-Lithuanian occupiers. | WIKI |
At the end of the 18th century, the oldest known text of the Tale of Igor's Campaign, the most renowned work of Russian-language literature from the Middle Ages, was found in the library of the SPaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. | WIKI |
This work is now on display as a permanent exhibition within the monastery, along with other works of the age and an exhibition showing the conditions an author of the era would have lived in. | WIKI |
The often hectic square which is to be found just beyond the north gate of the monastery (main gate), is called Bogolavyenskaya Square (Epiphany Square) (xd0x91xd0xbexd0xb3xd0xbexd1x8fxd0xb2xd0xbbxd0xb5xd0xbdxd1x81xd0xbaxd0xb0xd1x8f xd0xbfxd0xbbxd0xbexd1x89xd0xb0xd0xb4xd1x8c). | WIKI |
There was also a small defensive moat in this area, and after the infilling of the moat and removal of all other fortifications, the defensive uses of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery largely disappeared. | WIKI |
In addition, among the most important architectural objects of the centre of Yaroslavl are the Spaso Preobrazhensky monastery founded in the 12th century with walls and towers of the 16th to19th centuries, and the 17th-century Church of the Epiphany. | UNESCO |