D.to 2020 they are seven Ukrainian sites protected by Unesco, six cultural and one natural. But, today, due to the Russian attack in the country, theirs survival is seriously threatened.
Unesco sites in Ukraine at risk
They range from the magnificent St. Sophia Cathedral in Kievpride of the capital with its gold and green domes, symbolizing the establishment of Kiev as the capital of the Christian state, main place of worship of the town until the 13th century. To the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churchfounded in 1051, whose spiritual influence helped promote the Orthodox faith and culture throughout Kiev from the 17th to the 19th century.
The historic center of Lviv at risk
But there are also the wonderful the historical center of Lviv or Lviv And the geodetic arch of Struve, a chain of detection triangulations from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, conceived and used by the Baltic-German scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve to determine the exact shapes and sizes of the Earth.
It’s still, the primordial beech woods and the centuries-old forests of the Carpathiansthe residence of the Bukovini and Dalmatian metropolitans in Ernivci, with its Chapel of St. Ioan in the monastery of Suceava. The wooden churches in the Carpathian region And the ancient city of Tauric Chersonesefounded between the 5th and 6th centuries BC by Greek colonists.
Unesco sites in Ukraine: also three “intangible”
However, UNESCO also recognized how intangible world heritage there Petrykivka village paintingin Podniprovia, typical decoration with which the population usually adorn the houses.
The Cossack songs which narrate campaigns, battles and real life stories, characterized by repetitive melodies and a plaintive style of execution.
And finally, the traditional painted pottery of Kosiv which is characterized by the designs in only three colors, green, yellow and brown, which symbolize the mountains, the sun and the earth.
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