Aneau of Gold

Title :  Russians icons
Full colored photos on glazed paper
Dimensions :   20 x 27  cm
Language :  french

128 pages
Circulation : 
Printed in Russia

 

Comments :
 

"the tourist route that one calls" Aneau of gold "passes by a whole succession of old historical cities of central Russia, rich in monuments of architecture.

 

The territory on which they are laid out was in XIIe century the center of Russia. The natural conditions of the territories including "the gold Ring" had a cardinal importance for the blooming of these cities.

 

They were furrowed river, had vast deforested spaces, beautiful forests for white, perfect the stone layer and structural timber for the builders.

 

The towns of "the gold Ring" became capital principalities where the religious culture and arts florissaent. They were also outposts against the enemy expansion and of important counters on the shopping streets connecting North to the South, Europe in Asia. One sees there still today a great number of religious buildings, defensive constructions, buildings of trade and palates.

 

The collections of the museums shelter the true ones chief-of works of the painting of icons and applied arts, the interiors of churches are decorated with splendid frescos. Visiting these places, the tourist will carry with him an unforgettable image of the originality of the customs and habits and culture of old Russia."