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!!!Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (1)

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Part of the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves) [{GoogleMap location='Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Lavrska Street, Kiew, Ukraine' zoom='15'}] complex. Since its founding as a rock-hewn cave monastery in 1015, the site has been a preeminent center of Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe.