This category brings together articles about monuments, places and phenomena that make up the historical and cultural heritage of Nizhny Novgorod and its region. The Nizhny Novgorod region is rich in layers of history from different eras: medieval fortifications, merchant architecture, monasteries, art schools and trading traditions have left an especially dense trace here. Among the key sites in this category are the Kremlin with its towers, the Makaryev Monastery on the Volga, the Stupin's Arzamas School of Painting and traces of the Makaryev Fair, once the largest in Russia.