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Blue domes and whitewashed walls of Bogolyubovo Convent.
Bogolyubovo is a little village near the big city of Vladimir, about 180 km from Moscow. The only reason to visit this place is to see an old church (next post), probably among the very first ones. We simply passed the convent without stopping and I couldn’t but admire its whitewashed walls and clear blue domes.
Bogolyubovo Train station and the convent.
The nice thing about Russia (whatever I’ve traveled and heard) is that places are very well connected by buses or trains. They might take longer (and my friend drove me in his car to this particular place) but, unlike North America (except few cities), you are not completely helpless without a car.
Vladimir
Golden Gate, Vladimir
Vladimir is one of the most prominent Golden Ring cities, but we simply drove through it since there was nothing strikingly unusual about the church there – there would be many more and after a while they all feel the same (I’m serious!). The Golden Gate, seen in the picture below was built to guard the entrance to this city from the west (Moscow).
I was trying to remember names of people that are exactly same as names of cities. I know a girl called Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada), and another one called Victoria (British Colombia, Canada). There must be more… do you remember any?
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I share your observation that North America is very dependent on private transportation. That is one of the many things that I like about Europe.
I still find it weird that Russia has a fascination with onion domes in churches, and I believe I already mentioned this to you before. I like the blue though, it’s not a religious color, and so I think the use of blue in this church is atypical.
Oh the Onion domes: I’ll make a post about them, but there are several theories about the onion domes: Some call it an influence of Islamic art, others believe this indigenous Russian style evolved on its own.
Christianity has a religious color? I saw domes of several colours: Gold, blue, green, navy, gray, maroon, multicolored, and their shades.
For some reasons, I love the second picture. It reflects the atmosphere.
Yeahh me too! It was so cool to watch the people standing at the only platform on that station. The village was running at its idle pace while couple of tourists here and there were going to that church.
Beautiful domes!
Thanks Mridula, they really stand out, don’t they!
Yes…is the blue unique to Russian churches?
Oh I don’t know, domes of all the churches I saw there were colourful!
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Very interesting. I almost feel like these are mosques and not churches…don’t know why?
Its probably the shape of the domes. I felt that too until repeatedly, in every building, I saw Mr. Jesus H. Christ on a cross.
I can think of Verona. There is Jordan as well (though it’s a country, not city).
Oh I didn’t know about Verona. Cool! Yeah, like Jordan, there are few other countries too, for example: Chad.