{"id":705,"date":"2008-10-27T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T12:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=705"},"modified":"2008-10-27T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T12:32:23","slug":"alexander-nevsky-cathedral-yalta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/ukraine-river-cruise\/alexander-nevsky-cathedral-yalta","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Walking around Yalta town, one of the sights that you will not miss is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Ukraine\/Yalta\/Yalta-town\/?g2_page=2\" target=\"_self\">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral<\/a>.\u00a0 Even during the bright daylight, its onion domes light the skyline like giant high-powered golden light bulbs and make for great photo opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/43626-2\/DSC_1589.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" alt=\"Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been to other parts of Russia, Bulgaria and other eastern European cities, you&#8217;ll see many cathedrals named after this saint.\u00a0 These cathedrals\u00a0 were built during the reign of Alexander II of Russia to honour this great man. The Cathedral in Yalta was built in 1902 and sits on the hillside overlooking the beautiful Yalta Bay area .<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden onion domes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/43650-2\/AJP_4839.jpg?resize=150%2C101\" alt=\"Golden onion domes\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden onion domes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So who is Alexander Nevsky and why is he revered in so many countries?\u00a0 Alexander Nevsky was the son of Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.\u00a0 As he was one of four sons, he stood little chance of becoming the next Prince of Novgorod.\u00a0 His fortune changed in 1236 when the Novgorodians annointed him as a prince and in so doing he became a military leader.\u00a0 He played an important military role and helped Russia win many military battles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Alexander Nevsky, Yalta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/43667-2\/DSC_1598.jpg?resize=120%2C150\" alt=\"Alexander Nevsky, Yalta\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Nevsky, Yalta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1252 he was made Grand Prince of Vladimir.\u00a0 This appointment elevated Alexander Nevsky to now become the supreme ruler of Russia.\u00a0 He ruled for ten years before dying in Gorodets-on-the-Volga.\u00a0 His burial took place in Vladimir and it was then that the Russian Orthodox church pronounced Alexander Nevsky\u00a0a saint.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for us, when we arrived, the\u00a0Cathedral had already closed.\u00a0 When I saw someone entering the cathedral I tried asking for a quick peak inside, but to no avail.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the exterior of the building was pretty impressive and the building\u00a0and the artwork around it are still in imaculate condition.\u00a0 On the side is an alcove with a beautiful painting of Alexander himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the Bay area, it&#8217;s possible to reach the Cathedral through a nice park which is a much easier route than going on the main road.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking around Yalta town, one of the sights that you will not miss is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.\u00a0 Even during the bright daylight, its onion domes light the skyline like giant high-powered golden light bulbs and make for great photo opportunities.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve been to other parts of Russia, Bulgaria and other eastern European cities, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,70,76],"tags":[144,898,1578],"class_list":["post-705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things-to-see-do-yalta","category-ukraine-river-cruise","category-yalta-ukraine","tag-alexander-nevsky-cathedral-yalta","tag-golden-onion-domes","tag-prince-alexander-nevsky"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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