MORE exciting fats ABOUT THE CAVE MONASTERY LAVRAFirst icons painting and art school also started from Lavra Cave monastery. The bell tower is 96 meters high, used to be and still is the highest bell tower in the country. In the aincient times people would hear it's bell rining to 250 km far. Caves. Built in 11-th century (during almost 100 years) they are the most famous element of the monastery with the total lenth more than 800 meters. The monks used to live and pray in those caves for years. Museum of miniatures. Arts made by Ukrainian artist as a sculptures and other elements like portraits, flower, mini-book - which you only can see through a magnifying glass. For instance tiny ship consists of 374 golden details, and its sail is 400 times thiner than humans hairs. A little bit of history.At the period of foundation St. Anthony was surrounded by around 12 monks and they have started building new caves, the current “Far Caves” (Plan-map of the monastery). Personal city tours and Kiev sightseeing programs usually include Caves underground excursion. In 1240 the hordes of Batuy Khan destroyed Kiev, and along with it – the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Monastery (Monastery of the caves). Information about the caves belonging to this time is rather scanty. We as Ukraine guides nowadays, only know that Lavra caves became a home for the monks again for a long time, as well as the burial place for the defenders of Kiev. The are big niches in the Caves, filled with the relics of monks, which presumably are the graves. Tour in Kiev Cave Monastery includes visiting this part of the caves and labirints. Accompanied by guide and holding candeles in the darkness these Kiev tours leave the most bright memories about the holidays in Ukraine.
When you travel to Ukraine and visit Kiev, take a chance to see the original buildings of the Cave Monastery kept till nowadays (still operating as a male monastery) perfectly harmonized with the landscape relief of the right bank of the Dnieper river. The monastery is situated on high hills, between which deep ravine runs through, separating it into a so-called Upper Lavra, where the majority of brethren moved in the XI century. Kiev personal guide will show you lower down to the hills the "Near Caves" and "Far Caves" and hospice court yard was built. Each of the complexes of the ancient monastery contain several temples, administrative, residential and out buildings. You may visit Kiev on your own and see such a unick place. Go2UA Kiev guide can tell you much more about this important historical and architectural monument and you will have the feeling that you’ve visited the past by yourself. During your Ukraine travelKiev guide will help you to organise your kiev travel and combine few attractions located near to Lavra. Go2UA Ukraine guide will arrange the tickets, transport and other issues regarding tours in Kiev on your request to make your day smooth and pleasant. For visitors of Kiev tours to the Cave monastery is really a top destination to see during Ukraine travel.
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Cave Monastery map. Tours Kiev |
Plan map of the Cave Monastery1 - Troytskaya Nadbramnaya church, ХVIII century. Entrance to the territory of Lavra. |