Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
A World Heritage Site in Ukraine, inscribed in 1990 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Ukraine
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1990
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 28.5 ha
- Component parts
- 3
- Coordinates
- 50.4526, 30.5169
- UNESCO ID
- 527
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Names in other languages
- French
- Kyiv : Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie et ensemble des bâtiments monastiques et Laure de Kyiv-Petchersk
- Spanish
- Kiev: catedral de Santa Sofía, conjunto de edificios monásticos y laura de Kievo-Petchersk
- Chinese
- 基辅：圣•索菲娅教堂和佩乔尔斯克修道院
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