The hotel for pilgrims will be restored in the Zachatievsky Monastery

Glavgosexpertiza of Russia reported on its website that it had issued a positive opinion on the design documentation for the preservation of a cultural heritage site of regional significance - the southwestern cell buildings, XIX century. on the territory of the Zachatievsky Monastery in Moscow. The project provides for the reconstruction of the lost buildings.

This one of the oldest convents in the capital was founded in 1360 near the Kremlin by St. Alexis. “During the Great Moscow Fire of 1547, the monastery burned down completely, then it was restored at the expense of the royal family and destroyed again in the 1930s. The revival of the monastery began only in 1991. Exactly 30 years ago, in 1993, divine services were resumed, and now repair, restoration and restoration work is underway here,” as per the report.

The southwestern buildings of the cells of the Zachatievsky Monastery were built in 1900-1902 on the site of burnt wooden cells and served to accommodate pilgrims and the needs of the monastery.

“The cells of the Zachatievsky convent are being restored in their historical places, in the protected zone of cultural heritage monuments. It is planned to build a hotel with a capacity of 15 rooms. Sewing workshops will be located in one of the buildings, they are intended for sewing clothes for the personnel of the monastery complex,” said the chief expert of the project, Kirill Shimanov.

The project also includes measures to ensure the preservation of the archaeological heritage sites "Cultural layer of the Earth City" (Skorodom), XVI-XVII centuries. AD”, “The Village of Seminskoe (a Place of an Ancient Settlement with a Zone of a Cultural Layer)” and an identified object of archaeological heritage “A cultural layer within the boundaries of the city of Moscow in the 18th century. (Kamer-Kollezhsky Val).