Christ in MajestyPinturicchio

Nikolo-Dvorishchensky Cathedral (1113) rises in compact tiers with clustered domes and narrow slit windows. Its pale plaster, often pink in daylight, stands in Yaroslav’s Court, the precinct founded by Yaroslav the Wise. Commissioned by Prince Mstislav to honor St Nicholas, it shaped the civic core of the Novgorod Republic and adapted Byzantine forms locally. The white building behind is part of the 17th-c. Merchant Court complex.