THE MONASTERY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, ON THE WHITE SANDS. HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE TRINITY BELOPESOTSKY MONASTERY

Abstract

The article presents the review of the history and architecture of one of the most interesting architectural ensembles of Moscow region - the Troitsky Belopesotsky monastery. The authors give a brief historical overview of the legends and documentary evidence about the founder of the monastery and its foundation. The article also tells about the difficult fate of the monastery, which very soon after its foundation became an important fortress outpost of the ancient Russian city of Kashira. The authors raise such an important problem as the peculiarities of the originality of the planning composition of the monastery ensemble. The Trinity Belopesotsky monastery can be viewed in two different spatial aspects: first of all, it is an independent architectural complex, but it is also an architectural and natural ensemble complex on the banks of the Oka River. At present the triune consonance of nature and architecture is restored again - the city, the river, the monastery.