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The cathedral was founded in 1037 by Yaroslav the Wise. Many frescoes and mosaics from that time have been preserved, although the cathedral has been destroyed several times. It was originally designed as a competitor to the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and symbolizes the new Constantinople, the capital of the Christian principality of Kiev. The spiritual and intellectual influence of the originally cave monastery Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox ideas and faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It is also the residence of the representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr. In addition to the famous caves with mummified bodies of monks, it is possible to visit the Dormition Cathedral, the Great Bell Tower, the Museum of Folk Decorative Arts and several other smaller churches located on an area of 28 hectares.
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Founded in the late Middle Ages, the city flourished as an administrative, religious and commercial center for several centuries. The medieval city topography has been preserved essentially intact and bears traces of the presence of various ethnic groups who lived there due to the political and commercial importance of the city in the region. Many fine Baroque and later buildings have also been preserved. The architecture of the city is an excellent example of the architectural and artistic traditions of Eastern Europe combined with Italian and German influences. Until 1939, the city belonged to Poland.
More information: https://lviv.travel/en
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A chain of triangulation points extending from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea. With a total length of 2820 km, it passes through Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Moldova and Ukraine. These are the points of a survey carried out between 1816 and 1855 by astronomer Friedrich Struve to determine the exact dimensions and shape of the Earth by accurately measuring a long stretch of the meridian. This was related to Isaac Newton's theory that the shape of the Earth is not a perfect sphere. 34 of the original measurement points out of 265 are listed. This is an exceptional example of scientific cooperation between scientists and monarchs from different countries.
More information: https://web.astronomicalheritage.net/index.php/show-entity?idunescowhc=1187
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An outstanding example of undisturbed temperate forests, the site consists of ten separate units along a 185 km long axis from the Rakhiv Mountains and Chornohirsky Ridge in Ukraine, westward along the Polish Upland to the Bukov and Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia. It contains an immense genetic reservoir of beech and many associated species. It is also a great example of the resettlement and development of the Earth's ecosystem and communities after the last ice age; a process that is still ongoing.
More information: https://www.europeanbeechforests.org/
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The residence of the Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles, built by the Czech architect Josef Hlávka between 1864 and 1882. This entry, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also includes a seminary and a monastery, and is dominated by the domed cruciform seminary church with garden and park. The complex expresses architectural and cultural influences from the Byzantine period onwards, and embodies the strong presence of the Orthodox Church during the Habsburg rule, reflecting the Austro-Hungarian Empire's policy of religious tolerance.
More information: https://www.chnu.edu.ua/en/
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This site contains the remains of a city founded by Doric Greeks in the 5th century BC on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It comprises six individual sites with urban remains and agricultural land divided into several hundred chora, rectangular plots of equal size. The plots supported vineyards, the produce of which was exported by the city, which prospered until the 15th century. The site contains several complexes of public buildings and residential quarters, as well as early Christian monuments, together with the remains of settlements from the Stone and Bronze Ages; Roman and medieval tower fortifications and water supply systems; and exceptionally well-preserved examples of vine planting and dividing walls. By the 3rd century AD, the site was known as the most productive wine-growing center of the Black Sea and remained a center of exchange between the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Empires and populations north of the Black Sea. It is an excellent example of democratic land organization associated with the ancient polis, reflecting the social organization of the city.
More information: https://ui.org.ua/en/postcard/tauric-chersonesos/
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The common site wtih Poland, located on the eastern edge of Central Europe, contains a selection of sixteen churches. They were built from horizontal wooden logs in the 16th to 19th centuries by communities of the Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The tserkvas testify to a distinctive building tradition rooted in Orthodox church design interwoven with elements of local tradition and symbolic references to the cosmogony of their communities. The tserkvas are built on a three-part plan, above which open quadrangular or octagonal domes and cupolas. Iconostasis screens, interior polychrome decorations and other historical furnishings are inherent to the churches. Important elements of some tserkvas include wooden bell towers, cemeteries, gatehouses and cemeteries.
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The historic center of Odessa, part of the Black Sea port city built on the site of Khadzhybei, is a dense development, planned according to the canons of classicism, characterized by two- to four-story buildings and wide perpendicular tree-lined streets. The historic buildings reflect the city's rapid economic development in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The area includes theaters, bridges, monuments, religious buildings, schools, private palaces and tenement houses, clubs, hotels, banks, shopping centers, warehouses, stock exchanges, and other public and administrative buildings designed by architects and engineers, mostly from Italy in the early years, but also from other nationalities. Eclecticism is the dominant style of architecture in the historic center of the city. The site is a testament to the city's highly diverse ethnic and religious communities, representing an excellent example of intercultural exchanges and the growth of multicultural and multiethnic cities in Eastern Europe in the 19th century.
Viac informácií: https://omr.gov.ua/
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Source: World Heritage List Ukraine
