Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and Pyatnitskaya Church (Suzdal)
Kremlyovskaya Street, Suzdal.
Western facades of the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and the nearby Pyatnitskaya Church face the town square. Earlier, a road along the Kamenka River bank passed near the churches. The Ilyinskaya Church also stood there before; however it was later moved to Ivanova Mountain. The wooden churches were replaced with stone ones in the 18th century.
The present-day summer Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and the winter Pyatnitskaya Church were built in 1707 and 1772, respectively.
Today, the churches seem to stand separately as if by accident, but before they formed an integral and very beautiful ensemble. They were rounded with the 18th century low brick walling with stone gates of a rare shape. The gates were topped with a stone dome in the form of a cross-shaped butterfly that was borrowed from wooden architecture and transformed into gables, which topped every side of the gates. Another equally important link of this architectural group was an elegant bell tower with a concave tent (pipe), a very ancient sample of Suzdal bell towers.
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