There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites listed in Ukraine, six of which are cultural sites and one of which is a natural site. The sites are at various locations. Discover some of them worth knowing and visiting.

Saint Sophia Cathedral has already been in the historical center of ancient Kyiv for a thousand years. It is the most ancient Christian church that is fully preserved in the East Slavic area. It was the first Ukrainian location listed by UNESCO.

This site comprises undisturbed examples of temperate forests that demonstrate the postglacial expansion process of European beech. Six Ukrainian Carpathian forests were featured in the UNESCO list in 2007, and seven were consequently added in ten years' time. 

The ensemble of the Metropolitan Residence spreads over 12 hectares in the northwestern part of Chernivtsi. The residence, whose buildings are now part of Chernivtsi University, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

The name Colosseum may derive from the size of the monument or, more probably, from the huge bronze statue erected nearby, known as the Colossus of Nero.

Thanks to the engineering techniques of the time, the Colosseum included huge underground theatre facilities, with elevators, ramps and traps to provide all kinds of dramatic effects.

It now houses the Museum of the Risorgimento and art exhibitions. Beneath it there are ancient caves that were used for shelter during the bombing of World War II.

It is the largest of the four papal basilicas in Rome and often referred to as the largest church in the world and the centre of Catholicism.

Ponte Sant’Angelo is a Roman bridge built in 134 by the Emperor Hadrian to link his mausoleum with the opposite side of the river. The parapet and sculptures of angels are by the school of Bernini.

The most striking feature of the Pantheon is its dome, which, with a diameter of over 43 metres, is one of the largest in the world.

Executions used to be held publicly in Campo de ‘Fiori. On 17 February 1600, the philosopher and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake there, accused of heresy.

“Legend has it that if you tell a lie and put your hand in there, it will be bitten off,” said Gregory Peck, daring Audrey Hepburn to do so in the film “Roman Holiday” from 1953.

A few metres from there is the Ponte Emilio, now known as the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). The bridge was rebuilt several times over the centuries and what now remains is one of three sixteenth-century arches.