Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
Also known as Ensemble du monastere de Ferapontov, Ensemble du monastère de ferapontov, Ferapontov Monastery, Ферапонтов Белозерский монастырь
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
2000
List reference
982
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery is about 100 km north of Cherepovets. The nearest other World Heritage site is Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake, about 220 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Cherepovets · about 312,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Sokol · about 42,000 peopleabout 100 km south-east
- Vologda · about 295,000 peopleabout 110 km south-east
- Rybinsk · about 217,000 peopleabout 210 km south
- Velsk · about 26,000 peopleabout 230 km north-east
- Buy · about 26,000 peopleabout 230 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural220 km away
RussiaCultural241 km away
RussiaCultural270 km away
RussiaCultural296 km away
RussiaCultural406 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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