Saint Sophia Cathedral

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Eastern Orthodox church building UNESCO World Heritage Site component cathedral tourist attraction

Saint Sophia Cathedral is a historic UNESCO-listed Orthodox cathedral in Kyiv renowned for its stunning Byzantine architecture and ancient mosaics and frescoes.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Sophia Cathedral canonical 3
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev 3
St. Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox church building ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Ukrainian Baroque ⓘ
builder Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
category Byzantine sacred architecture ⓘ
Cathedrals in Kyiv ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Ukraine ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1037 ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Church of Ukraine ⓘ
floorCount 1 ⓘ
foundedBy Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
function museum ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasPart bell tower of Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
metropolitan’s residence ⓘ
refectory ⓘ
surrounding monastic buildings ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (i) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (ii) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (iii) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus national sanctuary of Ukraine ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
interiorDecoration frescoes ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
locatedIn Kyiv ⓘ
Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv city centre

historic center of Kyiv ⓘ
historic region of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
managedBy National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
namedAfter Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Holy Wisdom ⓘ
notableFeature 11th-century frescoes ⓘ
11th-century mosaics ⓘ
iconostasis ⓘ
large central dome ⓘ
multiple smaller domes ⓘ
partOf Kyiv Pechersk Lavra ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
previousDenomination Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
significantEvent burial place of Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyiv → hasLandmark → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
Yaroslav the Wise → burialPlace → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev
Yaroslav the Wise → architecturalPatronage → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev
Vsevolod I of Kiev → burialPlace → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev
Vladimir II Monomakh → burialPlace → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev
Holy Wisdom → hasNameInSlavonic → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Svjataja Sofija
Kiev, Russian Empire → hasReligiousBuilding → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ
Church of the Tithes → locatedNear → Saint Sophia Cathedral ⓘ