Spaso-Euthymius monastery was founded in Suzdal in 1350 when the Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod Prince Konstantin Vasilyevich. The monastery is located on the steep Bank of the Kamenka river. Its mighty walls of the XVI century with loopholes and diverse high towers effectively allocated its pinkish color among the banks, reflected in the surface of the river. The architectural complex of the monastery is on the UNESCO world heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

The walls of the monastery buried the Prince Pozharsky. The funeral took place in 1642, and the headstone was installed on the grave, was built in 1974. From 1767 to 1905, the monastery served as the Central prison for dissidents. The prisoners here were used the most inhuman punishment, and this place has become a bad reputation.

The monastery complex consists of: Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (1564), tent-roofed Church of the assumption (1525), the monastery's farm and residential buildings, the bell tower (XVI-XVII centuries). In our time the bell tower was completely restored, and again it hung the bells.

The main temple of the monastery — the Cathedral of the Transfiguration built in the traditions of the ancient white-stone architecture of Suzdal, it is monumental and austere. The pride of the Cathedral frescoes of the XVI century, discovered by the restorers on the walls, and paintings of famous masters of the XVII century Gury Nikitin and Power Savin.

Gate Church of the Annunciation, built in 1624, was the Holy gates of the monastery and initially, before the construction of the stone wall, was the facade of the monastery and only in 1664 after the construction of the walls appeared to be inside the fence. The window openings in the South facade and icon of the Church have different decorative treatment architraves, talking about love Suzdal masters to a variety of decorative finishes.

Assumption refectory Church in Suzdal, built in 1525, stands out for its high octagonal tent, put on tiers of corbel arches and massive quadrangle. With its Eastern side, three apses, separated faces have a narrow window openings. The lower part of the apse — the original decorative design consisting of a small corbel arches with inserted them in the throat on the facade pots filled with lime, forming a circle the correct form. This is a rare admission decorative treatment of the facade. This is one of the earliest monuments tent type in the history of ancient Russian architecture.