Trinity Sergius Lavra
Also known as Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Ensemble architectural de la laure de la Trinité-Saint-Serge à Serguiev Posad, Laure de la Trinité Saint-Serge, Laure de la Trinite-Saint-Serge, Monastère de la Trinité-Saint-Serge, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Троице-Сергиева лавра
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
1993
Area
23 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Trinity Sergius Lavra is in Sergiyev Posad. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow, about 70 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Sergiyev Posad · about 109,000 peopleabout 3 km north-east
- Noginsk · about 230,000 peopleabout 55 km south-east
- Moscow · about 10,452,000 peopleabout 70 km south-west
- Solnechnogorsk · about 59,000 peopleabout 75 km west
- Orekhovo-Zuevo · about 140,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
- Kimry · about 52,000 peopleabout 80 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural70 km away
RussiaCultural74 km away
RussiaCultural77 km away
RussiaCultural142 km away
RussiaCultural181 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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