Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
A World Heritage Site in Russia, inscribed in 2014 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2014
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)
- Property area
- approx. 424 ha
- Component parts
- 2
- Coordinates
- 54.9789, 49.0564
- UNESCO ID
- 981
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Names in other languages
- French
- L’ensemble historique et archéologique de Bolgar
- Spanish
- Conjunto histórico y arqueológico de Bolgar
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- Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University (2023)
- Central Sikhote-Alin (2001)
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (1994)
- Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (2019)
- Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (2003)
- Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (1992)
- Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake (2024)
- Curonian Spit (2000)
- Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery (2000)
- Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent (2004)
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