The History and Art Museum-Reserve in Sergiev Posad is a major treasury of Russian art. The main peculiarity of the Museum is its location within the walls of the ancient Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery. Nowadays the monastery carries the name of Lavra that translating from Greece means "main and most important monastery". There are four lavras in Russia, but the Trinity Lavra of St.Sergey (full name) is considered to be "Russian Vatican" and besides our patriarch's temporary residence is situated there. The world-famous architectural ensemble was founded in the first half of the 1340s by the son of Rostov Boyar Sergius of Radonezh which later became one of the richest Russian monasteries. The Monastery includes more than fifty edifices constructed by Moscow, Pskov, Yaroslavl craftsmen. it is an inseparable part of the Museum complex. In 1993 it was inscribed on the UNESCO List of the World Cultural Heritage.