Vologda is one of the best preserved big cities of Russia combining traditional wooden architecture and stone monuments. In Vologda, 193 monuments of architecture and history are designated as cultural monuments of federal significance. The most known of them are
� Vologda Kremlin (Bishop's courtyard)
� Saint Sophia cathedral
� Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery
� ensemble of the Vladimir churches
� Konstantin and Elena church, St. John the Baptist Church in Roshcheniye with its frescoes
� Dmitry Prilutsky church
� Church of the Intercession on Kozlyona
� architectural ensembles of the Stone bridge and of the Revolyutsii Square
Of 116 historical cities of Russia only 16 have monuments of wooden architecture. Vologda is among them.
Trademarks
The trademarks of Vologda and thus the main subjects of the souvenir production are the Vologda lace, the Vologda butter, and the Vologdaflax.
Museums
In Vologda, there are ten museums, four showrooms of the Vologda Regional Art Gallery, and the gallery "Red bridge". The largest cultural center of the Russian North is the Vologda State Museum Reserve. Its structure now includes the following museums,
� Vologda Kremlin (Bishop's courtyard)
� Peter the Great's house museum (Peter's house) � the first museum of Vologda (opened in 1885)
� Expocenter "Vologda at a boundary of centuries"
� Museum "World of the forgotten things"
� K.N.Batyushkov's apartment museum
� Museum "Literature. Art. 20th century"
� Alexander Mozhaysky's house museum
� Museum "Vologda exile"
� Museum of
