Pskov is one of the oldest Russian cities, has more than a thousand-year history. There was not yet London and Paris, there was no Moscow, but Pskov existed already. Since ancient times, the Pskov land attracted people and events. In each of the 12 chapters of the «History of the Russian State» Karamzin has a chapter — «Pskov affairs». Special historical traditions and devices, unique schools of architecture and icon painting. Even the «Pskov heresy» was original.
Modern Pskov will appear as city in which there are about 40 ancient churches, a shrine of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Kremlin, powerful fortress walls and towers, civil architecture of the XVII — XIX centuries, a museum in the Merchant Pogankin Chambers. Pskov is associated with the names of Alexander Nevsky and Princess Olga, Ivan the Terrible and the elder Philotheus, Peter I and Pushkin, Sophia Kovalevskaya and Mussorgsky, Kaverin and Tynyanov ... The town greets you with promenades, curious monuments, various gastronomic pleasures.
The most popular routes: Pushkin’s Hills — a huge, diverse museum complex and a nature preserve; Izborsk — a village on the hills and well-springs, which preserved the fortress of the XIII century; Pechory Monastery is an all-Russian shrine where the prayer circle never stopped.
The geographical location of the Pskov land, proximity to the border create a unique look and atmosphere that are preserved in many of its corners: museums-manors, fields of old battles and mystical places.
«A person who once visited Pskov will return here or will dream of a new meeting with this city. Pskov amazes with an abundance of ancient monuments. Churches and residential buildings of past centuries appear on the streets unexpectedly, forcing to be surprised at first, and then become accustomed and admire the completeness and laconicism of architectural forms», wrote the famous art historian Saveliy Yamshchikov.
See details:
October hotel: http://okthotel.ru/
Culture of the Pskov land: http://culture.pskov.ru/
Tourist site: http://tourism.pskov.ru/