The north portal of the cathedral of the nativity of the mother of God in Bogolyubovo

The paper reports on the footings of the north portal of the Cathedral of theNativity of the Mother of God in Bogolyubovo discovered recently during excavations.The construction of the cathedral was commissioned by the Prince Andrei the God-Loving in the middle of the 12th century. This portal as well as the footings of the wallsand lesenes was constructed by Western European builders in the Romanesque style.Sculptural working of the portal footings and one of the pilasters demonstrates high-class workmanship of the stone carvers who apparently had come from Northern Italy.The paper offers a new reconstruction of the cathedral plan.