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Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Designed to rival the St. Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople, the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kiev symbolizes the "New Constantinople," the capital of the Christian Principality of Kiev. The Principality of Kiev was founded in the 11th century in the region where St. Vladimir was baptized and evangelized in 988 AD. The ideas and influence of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra helped spread Orthodox thought and faith throughout the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The four buildings at the site reflect the pinnacle of Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with a distinctive style of fresco painting that developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Monastery of Dečani was built in the mid-14th century for the Serbian King Stefan Dečani and also serves as his mausoleum. The Archbishop's Monastery of Pécs is a group of four domed churches that features a series of frescoes. The 13th-century frescoes in the Church of the Holy Apostles were painted in a distinctive monumental style. The early 14th-century frescoes in the Church of Our Lady of Livisa represent the emergence of the so-called Neo-Paleologo Renaissance style, which blends influences from Eastern Orthodox Byzantine and Western Romanesque traditions. This style played a decisive role in later Balkan art.
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
Built on a hillside at the mouth of the Douro River, Porto is an exceptional urban landscape with 2,000 years of history. Its close connection to the sea has led to its constant development (the Romans named it Portus, meaning port) and its many monuments can be seen, from the Cathedral with its Romanesque choir to the Neoclassical Stock Exchange and the typical Portuguese Manueline Church of Santa Clara.