UNESCO adds 20 Ukrainian cultural heritage sites to the List of Cultural Property under Enhanced Protection

During an extraordinary meeting, the UNESCO Committee decided to include 20 cultural heritage sites of Ukraine in the International List of Cultural Property under Enhanced Protection.

The press service of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine reported this. 

These are the following objects:

1. St Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra;

2. The ensemble of the historic centre of Lviv;

3. Yasinia Church of Our Lord’s Ascension;

4. Zhovkva Church of the Holy Trinity;

5. Matkiv Church of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary;

6. Nyzhnii Verbizh Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;

7. Potelych Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit;

8. Rohatyn Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit;

9. Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans;  

10. Struve Geodetic Arc in Katerynivka; 

11. Struve Geodetic Arc in Baranivka;

12. Struve Geodetic Arc in Felshtyn;

13. Struve Geodetic Arc in Stara Nekrasivka;

14. Astronomical Observatory of the Kyiv National University;

15. Cultural landscape of the canyon in Kamianets-Podilskyi;

16. Sofiivka Park;

17. Derzhprom (the State Industry building);

18. Research Institute (RI) Astronomical Observatory of Odesa National University;

19. Research Institute of the Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory;

20. Taras Shevchenko Tomb and the State Historical and Natural History Museum-Reserve.

On August 7, the Head of the UNESCO Office recommended adding St Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and the historic centre of Lviv to the World Heritage List, as culture is "of great importance and affects the resilience of a nation in times of war."

The meeting also discussed support for Ukraine, including international assistance from the Fund for emergency measures.

"This will take into account the preliminary findings of the UNESCO International Expert Mission to assess the damage to cultural and religious sites in Odesa," the Ministry of Culture reports. 

It will be recalled that in January, UNESCO added the historic centre of Odesa to the World Heritage List.