Novodevichy Convent
Also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery, Couvent de Novodevichy, Couvent de Novodevitchi, Couvent Novodevichy, Couvent Novodievitchi, Couvent Novodiévitchi, Ensemble du couvent de Novodievitchi, Ensemble du couvent Novodievitchi, Monastère Novodevitchi, Новодевичий монастырь
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iv), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
2004
Area
5 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Novodevichy Convent is about 4 km south-west of Moscow. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow, about 5 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Moscow · about 10,452,000 peopleabout 4 km north-east
- Podolsk · about 321,000 peopleabout 40 km south
- Noginsk · about 230,000 peopleabout 60 km east
- Solnechnogorsk · about 59,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- Sergiyev Posad · about 109,000 peopleabout 75 km north-east
- Klin · about 81,000 peopleabout 85 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural5 km away
RussiaCultural10 km away
RussiaCultural74 km away
RussiaCultural184 km away
RussiaCultural255 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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