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Antoniy Caves
The Antoniy Caves, Chernihiv's answer to Kyiv's Kievo-Pecherska Lavra lurk beneath the ground a short walk north of the Troyitsko-Illynsky Monastery. The caves consist of 315m of passageways, galleries and chapels constructed from the 11th to 13th centuries.
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Boryso-Hlibsky Cathedral
The 12th-century Boryso-Hlibsky Cathedral is in the same short, squat style as the Pareskevy Pyatnytsi Church.
It's worth visiting for the stunning silver Royal Doors, commissioned by the famous Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa. The gorgeous building next to it is the 18th-century collegium, built in a style known as Ukrainian baroque.
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Illinsky Church
Illinsky Church was built in the the early 11th-century.
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Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
The Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral has two distinctive missile-like corner bell towers. Within its dark interior are the tombs of several Kyivan Rus royalty, including the younger brother of Yaroslav the Wise.
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St Catherine's Church
Lining the southwestern edge of the Val (ramparts) is a row of 18th-century cannons, from where you get a prime view of the five sparkling golden domes of St Catherine's Church in the immediate foreground. This is the church you see from several kilometres away if you drive into town from Kyiv.
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St Pareskevy Pyatnytsi Church
St Pareskevy Pyatnytsi Church is named after the patroness of the large outdoor market that once occupied pl Chervona. Despite its sturdy, fortress-like appearance only about one-third of the church survived WWII. With its imposing brick walls and single cupola, it reflects the style popular when it was built in the 12th century - a style epitomized by the Nereditsa Church in Novgorod.
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Troyitsko-Illynsky Monastery
The 58m bell tower of the Troyitsko-Illynsky Monastery is seen from miles away.
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