Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine
The Pechersk Lavra Monastery Pechersk stands for pechery that is caves which are to be found in its territory and which early monks used to live in and Lavra is an honorific title given to a monastery of extra size and religious importance came into being in the eleventh century and for nine centuries its territory was expanding with new buildings being added to it through the centuries The architectural complex of the Monastery the way it looks today is truly grandiose On a sunny day one is almost dazzled by the reflections from the innumerable golden domes above churches and belfries Most of the buildings in the Monastery date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and are excellent examples of Ukrainian Baroque style in architecture and there is only one church in the Monastery that has been preserved from the twelfth century with very few architectural changes introduced since then
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