World heritage sites in Ukraine A future Historians view

1. World heritage sites in Ukraine A future Historians view

WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN
UKRAINE
A FUTURE HISTORIANS VIEW
BY 11-A

2. World Heritage

WORLD HERITAGE
World Heritage - outstanding cultural and natural
values, which are considered the property of all
mankind. These values are listed in the List of
UNESCO. List of UNESCO World Heritage sites in
Ukraine as of 2015 has 7 items.

3.

5 geographic regions defined by
UNESCO:
Europe and North America
Asia and Oceania
Arab countries
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa

4.

Descent of the Holy Spirit Church
Saint-Sophia
Cathedral and
Related Monastic
Buildings
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Lviv
Church of
the
Archangel
Michael,
Uzhok
Descent of the
Holy
Spirit
Church
Church
Of
the
Ascension
Struve Geodetic Arc
Residence of Bukovinian
and Dalmatian
Metropolitans
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora

5. Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev

SAINT SOPHIA'S CATHEDRAL, KIEV
• Saint Sophia's Cathedral - Christian Cathedral in the
center of Kyiv, Ukrainian monument of architecture,
one of the few surviving buildings of Kievan Rus. This
is the historical center of Kiev Metropolis.

6. Saint Sophia's Cathedral

SAINT SOPHIA'S CATHEDRAL

7. Kiev Pechersk Lavra

KIEV PECHERSK LAVRA
• Kiev Pechersk Lavra also known as the Kiev
Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox
Christian monastery which gave its name to one of
the city districts where it is located in Kiev.

8. Kiev Pechersk Lavra

KIEV PECHERSK LAVRA

9. Lviv Old Town

LVIV OLD TOWN
• Lviv Old Town is the historic centre of the city of Lviv,
within the Lviv Oblast (province) in Ukraine,
recognized as the State Historic-Architectural
Sanctuary in 1975.
• Lviv is an outstanding example of the fusion of the
architectural and artistic traditions of eastern
Europe with those of Italy and Germany.

10.

Streets
A street in the Old Town of Lviv
The complex of the Dormition Church is
dominated by the 400-year-old
Korniakt Tower

11. Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

RESIDENCE OF BUKOVINIAN AND
DALMATIAN METROPOLITANS
• The Residence of Bukovinian and
Dalmatian Metropolitans in Chernivtsi,
Ukraine was built between the years 1864 - 1882 to
the designs of the Czech architect, Josef Hlávka.
The Residence, whose buildings are now part of
Chernivtsi University, was declared a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 2011.

12.

Metropolitans wing
Hlávka monument
Monastery wing

13. Struve Geodetic Arc

STRUVE GEODETIC ARC
• The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey
triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway
to the Black Sea.
• Measurement of the triangulation chain comprises
258 main triangles and 265 geodetic vertices. The
northernmost point is located near Hammerfest in
Norway and the southernmost point near the Black
Sea in Ukraine. This inscription is located in ten
countries, the most of any UNESCO World Heritage

14.

Map of the Struve Geodetic Arc where
red points identify the World Heritage
Sites.
Tartu Old Observatory, the first point of
the arc.

15. Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora

ANCIENT CITY OF TAURIC
CHERSONESE AND ITS CHORA
• Chersonesus in medieval Greek contracted to
Cherson is an ancient Greek colony founded
approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern
part of the Crimean Peninsula. The colony was
established in the 6th century BC by settlers from
Heraclea Pontica.
• The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black
Sea at the outskirts of Sevastopol on the Crimean
Peninsula, where it is referred to as Khersones.

16. Chersonesus

CHERSONESUS

17.

The 1935 Basilica

18.

The bell of Chersonesos

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