It’s a shame that dingy industrial surroundings discourage most people from visiting Yaroslavl’s most unique church. Protected by Unesco, the red-brick 17th-century structure boasts a staggering 15 green-coloured cupolas and some of the most extensive series of frescoes in the Orthodox world – a whole Biblical encyclopedia authored by local artists Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev. The church is located on the southern bank of the Kotorosl, by the second bridge, some 3km from the centre.
The church features on the R1000 note.
