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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, Slovenia
This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, Mediterranean and Pyrenees over a short period of a few thousand years in a process that is still ongoing. Read more .
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Andriivs'kyi descent, Kiev
One of the city’s oldest and most beloved streets is often described as the “Montmartre of Kiev”. It connects Kiev’s Upper Town neighbourhood with the historical lower district of Podil.
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Golden Gate, Kiev
The medieval gateway dates back to 1037 when it was the main entrance into the medieval fortifications of Kiev. What stands today is a 1980s replica of the original.
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Gorodetsky House, Kiev
Built in the early 20th-century in the Art Nouveau style, the building’s Polish architect Władysław Horodecki has often been praised as the Antoni Gaudí of Kiev.
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Khreschatyk Street, Kiev
Having been completely destroyed during the Second World War, today’s Neoclassical reconstruction is one of Kiev’s most famous and well-trodden avenues.
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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kiev
The monastery was originally founded in 1051 when monk Anthony, in his search for solitude, excavated a cave within the hillside. Today it is still used for worship, providing a rare insight into Ukrainian Christianity of past and present.
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Motherland Monument, Kiev
Built between 1979 and 1981, the monument, which honours the heroes of the Soviet Union, is controversial for its cost and Soviet association.
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Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev
The museum keeps one of the best collections of foreign art in Ukraine: Ancient Greek, Roman, Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, etc, from antiquity to 20th century.
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov Museum of Cosmonautics, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
This extensive space museum opened in 1957 as a tribute to the Soviet rocket scientist and engineer Sergei Korolev.
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St. Andrew's Church, Kiev
This lavish 18th-century Baroque church overlooks the Podil neighborhood from the top of Andriivs'kyi Descent, to which it gave its name.
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St. Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev
The cathedral is a splendid example of the architectural and monumental art of the early 11th-century through to the Baroque era.
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St. Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kiev
Built in the late 19th-century to commemorate 900 years of Orthodox Christianity in the city, the cathedral was designed in the Byzantine style with art nouveau influences.
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Struve Geodetic Arc, Estonia
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. This helped to establish the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping.e. Read more .
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The Ukrainian State Museum of the Second World War, Kiev
The Socialist Realism architectural style makes an interesting contrast to the nearby Pechersk Lavra, with its golden domes which can be seen from a viewing platform. Opened by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1981, the memorial complex commemorates the German-Soviet War.
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Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum, Kiev
The museum is an educational yet deeply moving insight into the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster.
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, Poland
Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe, the transnational property numbers a selection of sixteen tserkvas (churches). They were built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. Read more .
