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Ukraine UNESCO has registered 8 sites on the World Heritage list and 16 on the tentative list.
Some places are so interesting that it’s relevant to keep them for future generations. This is why UNESCO has built a list of crucial classified properties in which superb places stand out for their aesthetic, natural, artistic, or cultural significance.
More than a thousand places are registered as Unesco’s World Heritage worldwide. Due to my interest in visiting World Heritage sites, I compiled the UNESCO list in Ukraine and the corresponding map.
Ukraine UNESCO list
- The Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
- Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
- L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
- Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- The Historic Centre of Odesa
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Ukraine UNESCO Map
Click on the blue pins to view more relevant information about each World Heritage site in Ukraine.
Description
- The Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora – a well-preserved ancient Greek city that dates back to the 5th century BC and is located on the Crimean Peninsula.
- Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra – a collection of historic landmarks and buildings that reflect the city’s rich cultural heritage, including two of the country’s most important monasteries.
- L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre – a well-preserved historic city that features stunning architecture and cultural landmarks.
- Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans – a collection of historic buildings that date back to the 15th and 16th centuries and reflect the region’s rich cultural heritage.
- Struve Geodetic Arc – a chain of survey triangulations created in the 19th century to accurately measure the shape and size of the earth accurately.
- The Historic Centre of Odesa is a well-preserved historic city with stunning architecture and cultural landmarks.
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine – a collection of historic wooden churches that date back to the 16th and 17th centuries and are known for their unique architecture and decorative details.
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe – a collection of forests that have remained largely untouched for thousands of years, representing the continent’s primeval beech ecosystems.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ukraine have protected places for their cultural and natural importance.
Sites on the Tentative List
- Historic Centre of Tchernigov, 9th -13th centuries
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk
- Tarass Shevtchenko Tomb and State Historical and Natural Museum – Reserve
- National Steppe Biosphere Reserve “Askaniya Nowa”
- Dendrological Park “Sofijivka”
- Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans
- Archaeological Site “Stone Tomb”
- Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory
- Complex of the Sudak Fortress Monuments of the 6th – 16th c.
- Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
- Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril’s and St. Andrew’s Churches, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (extension of Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra)
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea
- Cultural Landscape of “Cave Towns” of the Crimean Gothia
- The historical surroundings of Crimean Khans’ capital in Bakhchysarai
- Derzhprom (the State Industry Building)
- Tyras – Bilhorod (Akkerman), on the way from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea
