Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - Kiev, Ukraine
N 50° 26.110 E 030° 33.445
36U E 326542 N 5589867
Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.
Waymark Code: WMPPB4
Location: Ukraine
Date Posted: 09/30/2015
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Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.
Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St. Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century.
Type: Site
Reference number: 527
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