The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Suzdal, Russia, is a World Heritage Site.

[1] The Cathedral of the Nativity is surrounded by a ring of earthen walls in an oxbow of Kamenka River.

The cathedral contains the remains of a son of Yuri Dolgoruki, knyazes of the Shuisky family and others.

[2] In 1222, on the orders of Yuri II of Vladimir, this dilapidated building was demolished and replaced by a new one, built of white tufa stone and decorated with limestone.

After that restoration the remained old walls were lowered down to the arcade level, white stone was replaced by brick and laid in Muscovite style.