White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
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| White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Russian Federation |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Reference | 633-644 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1992 (16th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal is the name of a World Heritage Site in Russian Federation. The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye:
- Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-60, 1185-89);
- The Golden Gate in Vladimir (1158-64, with later modifications);
- The Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir (1194-97);
- The castle of Andrew the Pious in Bogolyubovo (1158-65, with later modifications);
- The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl in Bogolyubovo (1165);
- The Suzdal Kremlin with the Cathedral of the Nativity (1222-25, built up in the 16th century);
- The Monastery of Saint Euthymius in Suzdal (mostly 16th century);
- The Church of Boris and Gleb in Kideksha (1152, with later mofifications).
This World Heritage Site does not include, for reasons unknown, several closely related white monuments of Zalesye:
- The Saviour Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152);
- The Cathedral of Saint George in Yuriev-Polsky (1230-34, with later modifications);
- The Cathedrals of the Knyaginin Convent in Vladimir and Intercession Convent in Suzdal (turn of the 15th and 16th centuries).
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