Sergiev Posad, a town in the Moscow area in the city is an architectural monument of culture and art, is listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO - the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, in 1993.
Included in the Golden ring of Russia, in 1969, the only city in the Moscow oblastey Posad is in the Central European part of Russia, in Central Russian upland in the North-Eastern part of Moscow region, 70 km from Moscow and 200 km from Yaroslavl. In the city flows the river Concur. The terrain is hilly. The climate is temperate continental. The coldest month is January, the warmest is July.
The main transport artery of the city is the prospect of the red Army. The southern part of the city is crossed by the railway line Moscow - Yaroslavl. At the intersection of the rail line and the Avenue of the red Army built the overpass, was commissioned in 2002