Сергиев Посад (Sergiyev Posad)

We have found ourselves with some time on our hands lately as Russia has quite a few holidays at the beginning of May.  Being as the weather has also been fantastic for the past few weeks, we decided to take a day trip to another of the Garden Ring cities, Sergiyev Posad, a few weeks ago.  This city is about 100,000 people and is located 75 kilometers north of Moscow (about 90 minutes on the elektrichka train, which is the local trains that run out of the city).

The beginning of the city was the erection of a small wooden church and monastic retreat in the early 14th century.  The kremlin walls that you see me standing in front of in one of the pictures below were built around the monastery in 1540 during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.  

I'm always amazed and impressed with the architecture and history in the cities that we go to and Sergiyev Posad didn't disappoint.  Hope you enjoy the pictures!

In Sergiyev Posad with the monastery in the background.

The Chapel-over-the-Well in Sergiyev Posad.

One of the walls inside the Assumption Cathedral.

The bell tower is in the background (88 meters tall).

In front of the Sergius Well Chapel.

At the back of the Assumption Cathedral.

With the Duck Tower in the background (you can't see it, but there actually is a duck on the top of the tower behind me!).

In front of the main entrance to the monastery at Sergiyev Posad (this is the kremlin wall).