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The Near Caves or the Caves of Saint Anthony are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Near Caves have a to
The Near Caves of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Drawn by author Abraham van Westerveld in 1651.
A monk's underground cell, seen with icons and other items.
2005 08 15 Pechersk Lavra seen from river Dnepr Kiev 311
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
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The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located
Near Caves
…печери, Blyzhni pechery; Russian: Ближние пещеры, Blizhnie peschery) are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Near Caves have a total length of 383 metres and are 5 to 20 metres deep (see map). The Near Caves were founded…
View of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Icon of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, founders of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
A lithograph of Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.