Rostov Kremlin
The Rostov Kremlin is the name given to the former residence of the Metropolitan of the Rostov Diocese. According to the idea of Metropolitan Jonah Sysoevich, the residence with white walls and a pond was to be identified with the biblical paradise.
The Rostov Kremlin (Metropolitan Courtyard) was built as a defensive structure in 1670-1683, but then Rostov did not need to be protected from anyone, so all the protective elements were executed in a simplified form. The fortification has too large gates, there are no loopholes on the lower tier, and windows with architraves on the upper tier. But still, the Kremlin was built in the traditions of Russian defense architecture of the pre-Petrine era. In 1787, the episcopal see was transferred to Yaroslavl, and then the Rostov Metropolitan Court became unnecessary and the complex began to collapse. No services were held in the temples, warehouses were set up in auxiliary buildings. It got to the point that the bishops decided to sell the entire courtyard for scrapping, but Rostov merchants bought out and restored the entire complex in 1860-1880.
In 1883, the Rostov Museum of Church Antiquities was opened in the White Chamber, and in 1886, Nicholas II, the future tsar of the Russian Empire, took the Rostov Kremlin under his patronage. In 1910, the architectural complex became a museum and received funding for maintenance. Many buildings in the Kremlin were damaged during a tornado in 1953, and they were later restored. In 2010, the Rostov Kremlin wanted to transfer to the Russian Orthodox Church, and the museum exhibits were moved to another building, but due to mass protests, this idea had to be abandoned.
By the way, it was here that the filming of episodes of "old Moscow" for the much-loved film "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" took place.
The architectural complex includes: the Assumption Cathedral, the White Chamber, the Holy Gates, the Judgment Order, the bell tower, the Samuilov Building, the Red Chamber. There are also many churches here: the Church of the Hodegetria, the Gate Church of the Resurrection, the Church of John the Theologian, the Church of the Savior Not Made with Hands, the Church of Gregory the Theologian.
