Kolomenskoye Church
Also known as Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (ii).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
1994
List reference
634
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kolomenskoye Church is about 10 km south-east of Moscow. The nearest other World Heritage site is Novodevichy Convent, about 10 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Moscow · about 10,452,000 peopleabout 10 km north
- Podolsk · about 321,000 peopleabout 35 km south
- Noginsk · about 230,000 peopleabout 55 km north-east
- Solnechnogorsk · about 59,000 peopleabout 70 km north-west
- Sergiyev Posad · about 109,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
- Serpukhov · about 136,000 peopleabout 85 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural10 km away
RussiaCultural10 km away
RussiaCultural77 km away
RussiaCultural179 km away
RussiaCultural256 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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