Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings

Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings

UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod.
Location	Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Includes	Historic Centre of Novgorod (west) and the Novgorod Kremlin Historic Centre of Novgorod (east) with the Yaroslav's Court Cluster and Our Lady of the Sign Monastery Zverin Monastery and its environs St Anthony Monastery  [fr] Church of Our Saviour at Nereditsa Remains of the  [fr] Peryn Monastery Yuriev Monastery Churches on  [commons]  [commons]  [commons] Sts Peter and Paul Church on Silnishche
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi)
Reference	604
Inscription	1992 (16th Session)
Coordinates	58°32′N 31°17′E / 58.533°N 31.283°E / 58.533; 31.283Coordinates: 58°32′N 31°17′E / 58.533°N 31.283°E / 58.533; 31.283
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Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings is a composite World Heritage Site which includes a number of medieval monuments in and around Veliky Novgorod, Russia. The site was inscribed in 1992.^[1]

History[]

Novgorod between the 9th and the 15th centuries was one of the most significant cities of medieval Rus. It lay on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks and was the center of the Novgorod Republic, which included the major part of what is currently northwestern Russia. From the 12th century, it was an example of a medieval republic, in which decisions were taken by veche – a meeting of the city population – and the prince was elected. (The only other Russian city with a similar organization was Pskov.) Novgorod was one of few areas of Rus not affected by the Mongol invasions, and therefore, in particular, active ecclesiastical construction was continuing in Novgorod in the 14th century, while it was stale in the rest of Rus. Novgorod was as well the seat of archbishop and an important cultural center. The earliest known Russian manuscripts were produced in Novgorod in the 11th century. Russian whitestone architecture and Russian painting originated from Novgorod and Pskov. One of the most important Russian medieval painters, Theophanes the Greek, was active in Novgorod.^[1]

Composition[]

The following monuments have been including to the site and are part of World Heritage,^[2] Many of the objects are operated by the .

1. Soil laid out between the 9th and the 17th centuries;
2. Chamber of Facets, officially listed as the ensemble of Novgorod Kremlin, 1433;
3. The ensemble of the Yaroslav's Court;
4. Ramparts and moat of the , 14th-16th centuries;
5. The of the , 16th century;
6. The Saint Nicholas Church on Lipno Island, 1292;^[3]
7. The Nereditsa Church, 1198;
8. Ruins of the , 12th century;
9. The ensemble of the Peryn Skete;
10. The ensemble of the Antoniev Monastery;
11. The , 1406;
12. The , 1367;
13. The on Shirkova Street, 13th century;
14. The Yuriev Monastery;
15. The Zverin Monastery;
16. The (14th century);
17. The , 1407;
18. The of the , 1312-1313;
19. The , 1454-1455;
20. The Annunciation Church at Lake Myachino, 1179;
21. The , 1422;
22. The , 1463-1464;
23. The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Sinichya Gora, 1185-1192;
24. The , 1553;
25. The , 1526;
26. The , 1374;
27. The , 1520;
28. The with the bell-tower, 1462;
29. The , 1360-1361;
30. The , 1380;
31. The ;
32. The , 1557;
33. The , 1536;
34. The , 1383-1384;
35. The , 1379;
36. The , 1557;
37. The , 1300.

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  A 12th-century fresco from the Antoniev Monastery

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