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Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Cultural World Heritage property in Ukraine, inscribed in 1990 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).

Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine
Photo: Marta Poswiatowska · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Landscape of Saaz Hops50.453° N, 30.517° E
State Party
Ukraine
Year of inscription
1990
Criteria
iiiiiiiv
Location
Kyiv
What it is
protected area, group of structures or buildings
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 527 · Wikidata Q16363487

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.
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