Pylon

Pylos, on the Volga.

After yesterdays wooden architecture museum, this was a visit to a small town, perhaps Russia's smallest town as it has just 2,500 inhabitants but was bigger in the past as it has nine churches, five museums, a theatre and many colourful houses and intricately carved features. And many of the historic houses have notice boards outside advising some details of the history of the house.

 Another beautifully preserved house.

 A colourful brick built house down on the river front, a former merchants house.

 One of the many churches in the town.

 Some of the houses are in need of renovation.

 A detailed view of some of the fretwork around the windows.

 The Volga freezes over for six paths of the year and ice depths reach about half a metre at this town. Boats must either be sailed south to warmer areas that don't freeze, pulled out of the water on to land one on to their own wooden standing out of the water.

 Another great piece of building a lot of work done on it to preserve it before it becomes just a pile of wood and rubble. heritage but sadly needing

 A beautifully preserved traditional church.

 Another occupied house but although it looks old and tradition, it has had some massive refurbishment and modernisation

 A few more colourful houses and although similar in design, they are on opposite sides of the street...the blue one...

 ...and the green one.

 But this was the most elaborate fretwork and colours that I found in the town.