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Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev | Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. Today, it is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first Ukrainian patrimony to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kiev Cave Monastery complex. Aside from its main building, the cathe... | ||
Kiev Pechersk Lavra | Kiev Pechersk Lavra or Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Києво-Печерська лавра), 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, the capital of Ukraine. Since its foundation as the cave monaste... | ||
St. George's Cathedral of Lviv | St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, Ukraine. St. George's Cathedral (Собор святого) is a baroque - rococo cathedral located in the city of Lviv, the historic capital of western Ukraine. It was constructed between 1744-1760 on a hill overlooking the city. This is the third manifestation of a church to in... | ||
Dormition Church of Lviv | The Dormition or Assumption Church (Успенська церква) is the main Orthodox church in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. At present it is leased to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. It was constructed in the late 16th and early 17th centuries with funds provided by the Greek merchant Constantine C... | ||
Korniakt Palace | The Korniakt Palace (Палац Корнякта)on Market Square in Lviv is a prime example of the royal kamienica, or townhouse. The fabric of the palace is of various dates. It was originally built by architect Piotr Barbon for merchant Konstanty Korniakt, a champion of Greek Orthodoxy and co-founder of the L... | ||
Armenian Cathedral of Lviv | The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Вірменський собор) in Lviv, Ukraine is located in the city's Old Town, north of the market square. A small Armenian church was built in the years 1363–1370, founded by an Armenian merchant from Caffa and established as the mother church of an eparchy... | ||
Market Square of Lviv | The Rynok Square in Lviv (Площа Ринок) is a central square of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. It was planned in the second half of the 14th century, following granting city rights by Polish king Casimir III, who annexed Red Ruthenia. The king ordered Lviv to be moved more to the south, where a new city w... | ||
Golden Gate in Kiev | The Golden Gates of Kiev (Золоті ворота, Zoloti vorota) is a major landmark of the Ancient Kiev and historic gateway in the ancient city fortress, located in the capital of Ukraine. Currently it serves as a museum and can be found on the corner of Volodymyr street and Yaroslaviv Val Street (Yaroslav... | ||
Lviv's Old Town | Lviv's Old Town (Старе Місто Львова) is the historic centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, in the Lviv Oblast (province), recognized as the State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975. Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's h... | ||
St Volodymyr's Cathedral | St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Патріарший кафедральний собор св. Володимира; also known as the Volodymyrsky Cathedral, Vladimirsky Cathedral, or St. Vladimir's Cathedral ) is a cathedral in the centre of Kiev. It is one of the city's major landmarks and the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Chur... |
Ukraine - cities with tourist attractions
The oldest constructions
- Kiev Pechersk Lavra (1015 - ?, ?)
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (1037 - ?, ?)
- Golden Gate in Kiev (? - ?, 1037)
- Vydubychi Monastery (1070 - ?, ?)
- Market Square of Lviv (? - ?, 1356)
The highest points
- Dormition Church of Lviv (65 m.)
- Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv (59 m.)
- St Volodymyr's Cathedral (49 m.)
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (37 m.)
The longest objects
- Freedom Square in Kharkiv (750 m.)
- Market Square of Lviv (142 m.)
- Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv (71 m.)