The document summarizes several landmarks in Kyiv, Ukraine, including the Golden Gate, St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra monastery, Independence Square, and Pirogovo Museum. It provides brief histories and descriptions of each landmark, noting their origins and significance to Kyiv.
The document summarizes several landmarks in Kyiv, Ukraine, including the Golden Gate, St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra monastery, Independence Square, and Pirogovo Museum. It provides brief histories and descriptions of each landmark, noting their origins and significance to Kyiv.
The document summarizes several landmarks in Kyiv, Ukraine, including the Golden Gate, St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra monastery, Independence Square, and Pirogovo Museum. It provides brief histories and descriptions of each landmark, noting their origins and significance to Kyiv.
monuments of defensive architecture of Kievan Rus during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise. Under Yaroslav the Wise, the territory of the city was actively growing. The city of Yaroslav the Wise was surrounded by earthen ramparts with a total length of 3.5 kilometers they passed through the current streets of the center of Kyiv - from Lvivska Square along Yaroslaviv Val Street to the Golden Gate, descended to Independence Square and again rose up to Mykhailivska Square. ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL
• Hagia Sophia (St. Sophia
Cathedral) - a church built in the XI century in the center of Kiev by order of Yaroslav the Wise. At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries it was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style. Inside the cathedral are preserved some original frescoes and mosaics, including the famous mosaic of Our Lady of Oranta. KYIVO-PECHERSKA LAVRA
• Today the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
is one of the main Orthodox shrines, in ancient times - one of the first monasteries built in Russia. The date of foundation of the Lavra is considered to be 1051. INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
• Independence Square is the heart of the
capital of Ukraine, which beats in unison with the events experienced by the state and, in particular, Kyiv. It is a great honor to be the main square of the country and it is not for nothing that Maidan Nezalezhnosti was awarded such an honorary title. PIROGOVO
Pirogovo - the history of
architecture and life of Ukraine • Pirogovo Museum is an open- air architectural and landscape complex.