White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

UNESCO World Heritage Site

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv
Reference	633-644
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1992 (16th Session)

The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Russian Federation have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. They include Russian Orthodox churches and monastery, as well as a castle and gate:

• The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-60, 1185-89);
• The Golden Gate in Vladimir (1158-64, with later modifications);
• The Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir (1194-97);
• The castle of Andrew the Pious in Bogolyubovo (1158-65, with later modifications);
• The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl in Bogolyubovo (1165);
• The Suzdal Kremlin with the Cathedral of the Nativity (1222-25, built into the 16th century);
• The Monastery of Saint Euthymius in Suzdal (mostly 16th century);
• The Church of Boris and Gleb in Kideksha (1152, with later modifications).

This World Heritage Site does not include, for reasons unknown, several closely related white monuments of Zalesye:

• The Saviour Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152);
• The Cathedral of Saint George in Yuriev-Polsky (1230-34, with later modifications);
• The Cathedrals of the Knyaginin Convent in Vladimir and Intercession Convent in Suzdal (turn of the 15th and 16th centuries).