Ukraine, Kiev, Cathral Santa Sophia 1037-1057 - A History of Romanesque Architecture 300 - 1300 (sitios de interés)
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The first foundations were laid in 1037 but the cathedral took two decades to complete. On the inside, it retains mosaics and frescos from the eleventh century. Originally the cathedral was a burial place of the Kievan rulers including Vladimir Monomakh, Vsevolod Yaroslavich and of course the cathedral's founder Yaroslav I the Wise, although only the latter's grave survived to our days. After the pillaging of Kiev by Andrei Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal in 1169 followed by Mongolian Tatars in 1240 the cathedral fell into disrepair.
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