Yurievo, Novgorodsky District

Yurievo, Novgorodsky District is a hamlet in Novgorod Oblast, Northwestern Russia and has about 22 residents. Yurievo, Novgorodsky District is situated nearby to the suburb Peryn Skete, as well as near the hamlet Ращеп.

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Type: Hamlet with 22 residents
Description: human settlement in Novgorodsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Also known as: “Jurjevo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. George Cathedral and Nereditsa Church.

St. George Cathedral

Church

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St. George Cathedral is a church.

Nereditsa Church

Church

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The Saviour Church on Nereditsa Hill near Novgorod is a 12th-century Orthodox church dedicated to the feast of the Saviour's Transfiguration. The church, consecrated in 1198, became world-famous both for its remarkable state of exterior preservation and for the best preserved set of pre-Mongol wall paintings in the Russian Empire. Nereditsa Church is situated 3 km northeast of Yurievo, Novgorodsky District.

Annunciation Church, Gorodishche

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peryn Skete and Ращеп.

Peryn Skete

Suburb

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Peryn skete, Peryn skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos is a skete near Novgorod, Russia. It was built on the site of a former alleged place of worship of Slavic god Perun.