The temples of the Pskov school of architecture are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List

The temples of the Pskov school of architecture are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List Храмы ​псковской архитектурной школы включены в список Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО print version July 9, 2019 13:07 The temples of the Pskov school of architecture were included on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 43rd session of the Committee in Baku, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage. D.S. Likhachev. New objects were included in the list according to the IV criterion, which is formulated as follows: "The object is an outstanding example of a structure, architectural or technological ensemble, or landscape, which illustrate a significant period of human history." “Churches and cathedrals are integrated into the environment through gardens located along the perimeter of walls and fences. Inspired by the Byzantine and Novgorod traditions, the Pskov school of architecture reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries and was one of the foremost schools in the country. It influenced the evolution of Russian architecture over the course of five centuries, ”the description of the monuments of the Pskov architectural school presented on the UNESCO website says . The UNESCO list includes 12 sites located in Pskov: The Pokrovskaya Tower of the Okolny town of the Pskov Fortress (built by the Pskov masons in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, was repeatedly renovated in the 17th century); The rattle tower of the Okolniy town (Pskov’s highest stone tower); the ensemble of the Pskov Kremlin - Trinity Cathedral with a bell tower; the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral; Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of the Spaso-Mirozhsky Monastery (XII century); the Church of the Archangel Michael with a bell tower (XIV century); the Church of the Intercession and Nativity of the Virgin from Prolom (the Intercession of Prolom, the Intercession in the Corner, 15th-16th centuries); church of sv. George from the Importation (1494); the Church of the Epiphany with a bell tower (1489); the church of Nikola with Usohi (XVI century); Old Ascension Church (XV century); Basil's Church on the Hill (Church of St. Basil the Great, 15th century). Another architectural object that added to the World Heritage list, although included in the group of monuments of the Pskov architectural school, is geographically located far from Pskov. Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in s. Behovo, Zaoksky district, Tula region was built in 1904-1906. by sketches by Russian artist V.D. Polenova, embodied in his project an ideal model of the Pskov architecture. The artist managed to combine ancient principles with modern architectural elements. "The inclusion of the serial cultural heritage site" Temples of the Pskov Architectural School "on the UNESCO World Heritage List is an important milestone in the activities of the Heritage Institute, as this is the first nomination prepared by the Heritage Institute included in the prestigious international list," the press service noted. Work on the concept of nomination has been conducted since 2015, the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects of the Pskov Region and, later, the Likhachev Russian Cultural and Natural Heritage Research Institute participated in it. At the moment, the institute continues to work on nomination documentation for cultural heritage sites, in particular, for the objects “Kenozerye Commandment”, “Petroglyphs of Lake Onego and the White Sea”, as well as “Monuments of Chukotka's marine Arctic hunters”.