Kyiv Saint-Sophia and Lavra
Also known as Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Ukraine
Inscribed
1990
List reference
527
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kyiv Saint-Sophia and Lavra is in Kyiv. The nearest other World Heritage site is Struve Geodetic Arc, about 390 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Kyiv · about 2,709,000 peopleat the site
- Brovary · about 89,000 peopleabout 19 km east
- Bila Tserkva · about 199,000 peopleabout 80 km south
- Nizhyn · about 116,000 peopleabout 120 km north-east
- Chernihiv · about 308,000 peopleabout 130 km north-east
- Zhytomyr · about 282,000 peopleabout 130 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, UkraineCultural395 km away
BelarusCultural405 km away
UkraineCultural410 km away
BelarusCultural433 km away
UkraineCultural441 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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