Description of the attraction
The temple, consecrated in the name of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Saint Prince Vladimir, was built in 1785 in the area of the city cemetery, which occupied the lands of the previously existing Mother of God Monastery.
Until the early 80s of the 18th century, Vladimir did not have a common city cemetery. Due to the onset of an epidemic of a deadly "pestilence", it was nevertheless decided to equip the cemetery.
The Prince Vladimir Church is located on the eastern side of modern Vladimir, namely in the old city cemetery. Today it is a building, on the west side of which a high three-tiered bell tower is attached, furnished with late tents on the north and south sides.
Initially, the church building was the main volume, covered with a large vault on several slopes under a metal roof, which is crowned with an onion dome. On the east side, the volume includes a one-part apse, and on the west side there is a refectory room under a metal gable roof.
The main volume is represented by a square, on the eastern side of which there is a faceted apse; on the western side there is a refectory room in the form of a rectangle, which is adjoined by a rectangular tier of the bell tower. As for the spatial and volumetric composition, the main volume, as well as a powerful three-tiered bell tower, stand out clearly here.
The church volume is a pillarless two-height quadrangle, which has overlappings in the form of a four-slot closed vault with a small exit into the drum.
Throughout the Vladimir Church, the floors are made of wood and painted. The wall covering is made in the form of a plaster base intended for painting. The first tier has large rectangular window openings equipped with wide slopes. Window openings are represented by wooden frames and metal bars in the shape of a "wave". The doorway on the south side has a rectangular shape, while the doors are wooden, paneled and double-sided; outside there are metal doors.
The apse is connected to the main volume with a large arched opening. The flooring in the apse is wood, painted. The wall covering is made as a plaster base and is intended for painting. The existing window openings are presented with wide slopes and resemble an onion in shape. There are stripping structures above the window openings. The windows are equipped with wooden frames and metal bars.
The refectory room is connected to the main volume in the form of a high arched opening. Its overlap is made with the help of a box vault with stripping, which are elegantly decorated with stucco molding and rest on two pillars, also decorated with stucco molding. In the refectory, the flooring is made of slabs, and the walls are covered with plaster. The windows have a rectangular shape and wide slopes, and their fillings are presented in the form of double wooden frames equipped with metal bars and simple geometric patterns.
On the west side, the refectory is connected with tents and a bell tower. The first tier of the bell tower is equipped with a cross vault. The wall covering is designed as a plaster base and is intended for painting. Ceramic tiles are laid on the floor. On the west side, there is a rectangular doorway. The doorways are wooden.
The building of the Prince Vladimir Church is laid out of red brick, which is fixed on a lime mortar, after which it is plastered.
As for the decorative design of the architectural monument, elements of the Baroque and traditional classicism are reflected in it, clearly represented in the apse, which has a faceted shape, which was typical for the second half of the 18th century. On the south and north sides of the church, where the doorways are located, there are decorations that imitate profiled triangular fronts.
The space that surrounds the cemetery is surrounded on all four sides by a fence, partially preserved to our time. It has an ordinary structure, which includes pillars decorated with hipped roofs and niches.
