List of World Heritage Sites in Ukraine


Officially, there are seven World Heritage Sites in Ukraine.

World Heritage Sites

UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, whereas vii through x are natural.
SiteImageLocationYear listedDescription
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev Pechersk LavraKyiv1990527bis; i, ii, iii, iv
L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic CentreL'viv1998865bis; ii, v
Struve Geodetic Arc*2005865bis; ii, iv, vi
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe*20071133; ix
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian MetropolitansChernivtsi20111330; ii, iii, iv
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its ChoraChersonesos20131411; ii, v
Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine*Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast20131424; iii, iv

Tentative list

Ukraine has fifteen submissions on the tentative list. One of the submissions is an extension of the existing site of Kiev's historical monuments. Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory has been submitted in 2007, but in 2008 it has been resubmitted as a part of Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
No.ImageNameLocationTime of creationTime submittedReferenceUNESCO CategoryUNESCO Criteria
1
Historic Centre of Tchernihiv, 9th-13th centuriesChernihiv Region9071989668Culturali, ii, iv
2
Taras Shevchenko Tomb and State Historical and Natural Museum - ReserveCherkasy Region18611989672Mixed?
3
National Steppe Biosphere Reserve "Askaniya Nowa"Kherson Region18741989673Naturalx
4
Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-PodilskKamianets-Podilskyi14th century1989670Culturali, ii, iv
5
Dendrological Park "Sofijivka"Cherkasy Region17962000674Mixed?
6
Bakhchisaray Palace of the Crimean KhansCrimea16th century20031820Culturali, iii, v, vi
7
Archaeological Site "Stone Tomb"Zaporizhia Region7th century BC20065075Culturaliii, vi
8
Complex of the Sudak Fortress Monuments of the 6th-16th centuriesCrimea6th century20075117Culturalii, iv, v
9
Astronomical Observatories of UkraineKiev, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Crimea18th century20085267Culturalii, iv, vi
10
Historic Center of the Port City of OdessaOdessa Region179420095412Culturali, ii, iii, iv, v
11
St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Church - Kiev12th century – 175420095423Culturali, ii, iii, iv
12
Genoese Trade Ports at the Black SeaCrimea20105575Culturalii, iv