New Delhi: Ukraine in Eastern Europe boasts of a rich history and heritage dating back to early Slavic expansion in the Middle Ages. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia with which it is currently engaged in a violent conflict. It has Belarus in the north, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary to the west and Moldova and Romania to the southwest. It became a key centre of East Slavic culture in the early Middle Ages and was the victim of the Mongol invasions in the 13th century. For the next 600 years, it was ruled by various powers including the the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Russia.
Thanks to its rich history, Ukraine has plenty of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. But some of them have been deemed to be in danger due to several factors including the recent war against Russia. In this article, we will take a look at the places which UNESCO has reported to be in danger.
Heritage sites in Ukraine which are in danger
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
The Saint-Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv was designed to outshine Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia. The Cathedral symbolizes the ‘new Constantinople’ the Christian principality in Kyiv’s capital. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra’s spiritual and intellectual influence played a major role in spreading Orthodox thought and faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century. The Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are two outstanding complexes of cultural heritage monuments which date back to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age. The property has the Saint-Sophia Cathedral and its buildings and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex with the Church of the Saviour at Berestovo.
Lviv: The Ensemble of the Historic Centre
It was in the late Middle Ages that Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine was established. It prospered as a flourishing administrative and was a thriving commercial and religious centre for centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact along with many fine Baroque and later buildings. However, settlements had existed there since the 5th and 6th centuries. and today, its surviving heritage shows a synthesis of Eastern European traditions influenced by those from Germany and Italy. The heritage property has two components: The primary area including the castle and the city centre, and the second area on St. Yuri’s Hill for St. Yuri’s Cathedral.
The Historic Centre of Odesa
It is a part of the Black Sea port city that developed on Khadzhybei’s site. The area is dense and its key features are the two- to four-storey buildings and streets which are wide and perpendicular in shape and have trees. The city developed economically in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The heritage site in question has monuments, theatres, schools, private palaces, bridges, hotels, banks, and other public and administrative buildings which the architects and engineers, mostly from Italy had designed.
Thanks to its rich history, Ukraine has plenty of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. But some of them have been deemed to be in danger due to several factors including the recent war against Russia. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
