Located on the shores of Lake Nero, 210 kilometers northeast of Moscow, Rostov Veliky can trace its origins to the year 862, making it one of Russia's oldest cities. The five-domed Church of Our Savior on the Marketplace is adjacent to the Archbishop’s Palace, Rostov Kremlin. (...)
Located on the shores of Lake Nero, 210 kilometers northeast of Moscow, Rostov Veliky can trace its origins to the year 862, making it one of Russia's oldest cities. The five-domed Church of Our Savior on the Marketplace is adjacent to the Archbishop’s Palace, Rostov Kremlin. Since its construction in the 17th century, the complex has been damaged by various environmental factors, including water damage from a rising water table and a devastating tornado that swept through the region in 1953.
While the historic city long served as the commercial and residential core of modern Rostov Veliky, many residents were abandoning it in favor of modern structures, and water damage has been a great problem for the painted surfaces, ornamentation, and structural integrity of many wooden and stone structures. In 2000, the Rostov municipal government created a heritage rehabilitation policy for urban development to reverse the abandonment of the historic district and begin to link the old city with more modern development.
