Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery (Спасо-Яковлевский монастырь)
situated to the left from the Rostov kremlin on the Rostov's
outskirts. Monastery was founded in the 14th century by St Iakov
of Rostov. The earliest kept building of a monastery is
Zachatievsky Cathedral (Cathedral of Conception of St Anna). It
has been constructed in 1686. Another 17th century building is
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Savior Transfiguration
Cathedral) which once belonged abolished Spaso-Pesotsky
Monastery. It has been greatly venerated as the shrine of St
Dmitry of Rostov. Most of the monastery structures were built in
the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the fine neoclassical
style. Dimitrievsky Cathedral (Cathedral of St Dmitry of Rostov)
has been constructed in 1794-1802 with support of Nikolai
Sheremetev's column.