Alexandrova Mount
   Photo: Alexandrov Mountain

As you know, the city of Pereslavl known fact that on its territory there are plenty of remarkable places and unique architecture. One of such places is Alexandrova mountain, which is a pretty high hill located on the northern shore of Lake Pleshcheeva; he is not far from the pond Kleschin settlement directly in the city of Pereslavl. Importantly, Alexandrov was the only mountain elevations that are not covered by forest belt, for which reason this fact is reflected in the second title of the mountain - Yarilin baldness.

It is believed that during the reign of paganism in the area of ​​the territory is located the famous blue stone, near which sacrifices the god of the sun - Yarile. Today, the legendary boulder lies on the shore of Lake Pleshcheeva, despite the fact that the Orthodox Church for many years tried to destroy it; Stone slowly but inevitably goes into the ground than lose his greatness. The locals still believe that this stone brings unprecedented success and help improve your health and regain mental strength.

The mountain has several truncated pyramid shape, and its height is 30 m. From the very top of the mountain you can see Alexander's amazing tableau surface of the lake with the nearby woods, domed churches and white clouds. On the other side of the lake Pleshcheeva, near the hill, you can carefully consider the perfectly preserved until our time a large ring embankments, which is all that remains of the village Kleschina - locality, existing prior to becoming Pereslavl.

Complete city was founded in the early decades of the 12th century, but long remained defensive and administrative center of the Duchy of Representatives .  It should be noted that the circumference of the shaft is about half a kilometer .  Held here studies have shown that this area was once led several gates because it's proven existing gaps in the Castle ring .  In the past, over the tall gates were two towers built of wood, in the space between the wall that put chopped .  In the area of ​​the territory of a large-scale archaeological research team, are looking for the remains of the ancient city in the middle of the 19th century .  During the works were discovered signs of construction, the base of the church and placed it at the cemetery, the remains of iron things and objects, coins and many shards of pottery .  The largest part of all the detected items and refers to local manufacturing, but some items were clearly not made on this earth and have been made by foreigners - a Western or Arab construction, amethyst beads, made of bronze buckle .  It is all of these things indicate that the locals were active in trade with distant countries .

It is believed that an artificially created hill ordered to build Alexandrov Alexander Nevsky - a great Russian prince, in fact on the location of the Bald Mountain, he spent all of his happy childhood.

In the 13th century on the bald head Yarin was founded more Alexandrov monastery - also supported by the Grand Duke. This place has become a kind vacation home of Prince. In the 18th century the monastery stopped its activity, while his remains were discovered during the archaeological excavations described earlier and research.

Among the local population there is an unusual belief tells us that if a woman wants to become pregnant, she should move out naked from this very mountain, and then she would soon become a mother.

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