White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal is the name of a World Heritage Site in Russian Federation. The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye:

  • The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-60, 1185-89);
  • The Golden Gate in Vladimir (1158-64, with later modifications);
  • The Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir (1194-97);
  • The castle of Andrew the Pious in Bogolyubovo (1158-65, with later modifications);
  • The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl in Bogolyubovo (1165);
  • The Suzdal Kremlin with the Cathedral of the Nativity (1222-25, built up in the 16th century);
  • The Monastery of Saint Euthymius in Suzdal (mostly 16th century);
  • The Church of Boris and Gleb in Kideksha (1152, with later mofifications).

This World Heritage Site does not include, for reasons unknown, several closely related white monuments of Zalesye:

  • The Saviour Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152);
  • The Cathedral of Saint George in Yuriev-Polsky (1230-34, with later modifications);
  • The Cathedrals of the Knyaginin Convent in Vladimir and Intercession Convent in Suzdal (turn of the 15th and 16th centuries).


World Heritage Sites in Russia by federal district


Central
  • Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
  • Moscow Kremlin Red Square
  • Novodevichy Convent
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  • Historic Centre of Yaroslavl

Southern
  • Western Caucasus
Northwestern
  • Curonian Spit
  • Ferapontov Monastery
  • Kizhi Pogost
  • Virgin Komi Forests
  • Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
  • Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Surroundings
  • Solovetsky Islands
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
Far Eastern
  • Lena Pillars
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
  • Wrangel Island
Siberian
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
  • Lake Baikal
  • Putorana Plateau
  • Uvs Nuur Basin
Volga
  • Kazan Kremlin
North Caucasian
  • Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
  • 1 Shared with Lithuania
  • 2 Shared with nine other countries
  • 3 Shared with Mongolia

Coordinates: 56°09′N 40°25′E / 56.150°N 40.417°E / 56.150; 40.417

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