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CulturalRef. 981

Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex

Cultural World Heritage property in Russia, inscribed in 2014 under criteria (ii), (vi).

Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex, Russia
Photo: Indeikin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancient City of NessebarAncient City of Tauric Chersonese and its ChoraAstronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal UniversityBolgar Historical and Archaeological ComplexChurch of the Ascension, KolomenskoyeChurches of the Pskov School of ArchitectureCity of SafranboluColchic Rainforests and WetlandsCultural Landscape of Kenozero LakeDanube DeltaDerbent LighthouseFerapontov MonasteryGelati MonasteryHistoric Areas of IstanbulHistoric Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of MonumentsHistoric Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s PalaceHistoric Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundingshistorical centre of Yaroslavlhistorical city centre of OdesaHistorical Monuments of MtskhetaItchan KalaKizhi PogostKöneürgençKremlin and Red SquareKyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk LavraMadara RiderMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed YasawiMonasteries of Haghpat and SanahinNovodevichy ConventPetroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White SeaQazan KremlinSaryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern KazakhstanSolovetsky IslandsSrebarna Nature ReserveSviyazhsk Assumption MonasteryTashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central AsiaTrinity Lavra of St. SergiusUpper SvanetiVirgin Komi ForestsWestern CaucasusWhite Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal54.979° N, 49.056° E
State Party
Russia
Year of inscription
2014
Criteria
iivi
Location
Tatarstan
What it is
archaeological site
Reference
WHC 981 · Wikidata Q47519282

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University, Russia90 kmAstronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal UniversityRussia · 2023CulturalQazan Kremlin, Russia91 kmQazan KremlinRussia · 2000CulturalSviyazhsk Assumption Monastery, Russia92 kmSviyazhsk Assumption MonasteryRussia · 2017CulturalWhite Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, Russia558 kmWhite Monuments of Vladimir and SuzdalRussia · 1992Culturalhistorical centre of Yaroslavl, Russia637 kmhistorical centre of YaroslavlRussia · 2005CulturalTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Russia701 kmTrinity Lavra of St. SergiusRussia · 1993Cultural
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