Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Києво-Печерська лавра
View of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
50°26′3″N 30°33′33″E / 50.43417°N 30.55917°E / 50.43417; 30.55917
Location	Pechersk Raion, Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Website	Official website
History
Dedication	Monastery of the Caves
Architecture
Architect(s)	Theodosius of Kiev, Anthony of Kiev
Style	Ukrainian Baroque
Years built	1051
Administration
Diocese	Disputed
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Location	Europe
Part of	Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv
Reference	527
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Endangered	2023

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra^[1][2] or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра; Russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv.

Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe.^[3]