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World Heritage Sites in Danger
October 17 , 2023
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- UNESCO placed the World Heritage Sites located in Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv on its list of places “in danger.”
- It is the first step towards excluding these sites from UNESCO's World Heritage List which features 1,157 sites.
- It opens the door to additional financial and technical aid in order to implement new emergency measures.
- Saint Sophia Cathedral, present in Kyiv, dates back to the 11th century and is among the best-known landmarks of the city.
- Lviv, the western Ukrainian city near the Polish border, was founded in the late Middle Ages.
- This historic centre was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998.
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