Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine

SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Begun in the early 11th century, Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv is one of the city's best known landmarks, built to rival that other Saint Sophia in Constantinople. The cathedral complex includes a bell tower and monastery buildings. Nearby is the 1051 Kiev Monastery of the Caves (Pechersk Lavka), which includes numerous churches as well as cave systems and fortified stone walls.

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