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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Moscow

3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Moscow.

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UNESCO sites in Moscow

  • Kremlin and Red Square, MoscowCultural · 1990 · 0 km

    Inextricably linked to all the most important historical and political events in Russia since the 13th century, the Kremlin (built between the 14th and 17th centuries by outstanding Russian and foreign architects) was th…

  • Ensemble of the Novodevichy ConventCultural · 2004 · 5 km

    The Novodevichy Convent, in south-western Moscow, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in the so-called Moscow Baroque style, was part of a chain of monastic ensembles that were integrated into the defence system of the …

  • Church of the Ascension, KolomenskoyeCultural · 1994 · 11 km

    The Church of the Ascension was built in 1532 on the imperial estate of Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, to celebrate the birth of the prince who was to become Tsar Ivan IV ('the Terrible'). One of the earliest examples of a t…

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