Donskoy Monastery

Donskoy Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Donskoy Monastery () is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey. Commanding a highway to the Crimea, the monastery was intended to defend southern approaches to the Moscow Kremlin. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: 1591

Source: en.wikipedia.org