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Saint-Sophia Cathedral

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Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: Ukraine
Description:
Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Saint-Sophia Cathedral", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.