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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk' has mentioned 'Cathedral' in the following places:
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| Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of SviyazhskUNESCO World Heritage SiteThe islandLocationTatarstan, RussiaCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii)(iv)Reference1525Inscription2017 (41st session)Area3.25xc2xa0ha (8.0 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone11,563.9xc2xa0ha (28,575 acres)Coordinates55xc2xb046xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3N 48xc2xb039xe2x80xb210xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf55.77028xc2xb0N 48.65278xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 55.77028; 48.65278Coordinates: 55xc2xb046xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3N 48xc2xb039xe2x80xb210xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf55.77028xc2xb0N 48.65278xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 55.77028; 48.65278Location of Sviyazhsk in TatarstanShow map of TatarstanSviyazhsk (European Russia)Show map of European RussiaSviyazhsk (Russia)Show map of Russia | WIKI |
| In 2017 the Assumption Cathedral and Monastery were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. | WIKI |
| The Assumption Cathedral is located in the townxe2x80x93island of Sviyazhsk and is part of the homonymous monastery. | UNESCO |
| The Cathedral, with its extensive cycles of mural paintings, realised in a relatively short period of time, reflects the ambitious cultural and political programme of the Russian State in the recently conquered Islamic Kazan Khanate, and illustrates new trends in Christian Orthodox art in Russia and Europe. | UNESCO |
| The Cathedral is the most outstanding part of the Assumption Monastery Complex: its architecture reflects the prevailing Rus tradition of religious architecture from Moscow, Novgorod, Vladimir and Pskov, shaped upon Byzantine classical heritage as expressed by local craftsmanship and materials. | UNESCO |
| The architectural image of the cathedral with its 16th century cycle of wall paintings with scenes from the Old and New Testaments express Ivan IVxe2x80x99s political and religious program to convey his royal power and the power of Orthodoxy to the Tatars, via a comprehensible/acceptable religious vocabulary based on the Old Testament and on the Virgin Mary. | UNESCO |
| St. Nicholas Refectory Church with its bell tower, the Archimandrite building, the monastery school building, the Brethenxe2x80x99s building, and the walls with the Ascension church above the gate supplement and enhance the values of the Assumption Cathedral, illustrating the religious and daily life of Orthodox monasteries in the past. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The Assumption Monastery with its Cathedral is real evidence of cardinal historical and geo-political interchanges in Eurasia at a time when the Rus State undertook its expansion eastwards. | UNESCO |
| The architecture and Mariological cycle of wall-paintings of the Cathedral exceptionally reflect the interaction of the Christian-Orthodox and Muslim cultures and interchanges with Western Christian religious iconographical themes, e.g. | UNESCO |
| The unique style of wall-painting and icons of the Assumption Cathedral iconostasis resulted from the fusion of artistic forces of large artistic centres of the Russian state, such as Novgorod, Pskov and Moscow, as well as of masters of the Volga region towns and artists working in the Rostov and Suzdal regions. | UNESCO |
| The Iconostasis pictorial complex is part of the whole artistic system of the Cathedral. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The Assumption Monastery with the Cathedral illustrates in its location, layout and architectural composition the political and missionary programme developed by Tsar Ivan IV to extend the Moscow state from European lands to the post-Golden Horde Islamic states. | UNESCO |
| The architecture of the Assumption Cathedral embodies the synthesis of traditional ancient Pskov architecture, a monumental Moscow art of building, and construction traditions of the Volga region. | UNESCO |
| The Assumption Cathedral frescoes are among the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings. | UNESCO |
| The iconographic program of the cathedral includes themes of the Creation and iconographic interpretations of traditional cycles of Proto-evangelic and Evangelic history, reflecting absolutely new trends for Russian religious art and expressing new theological concepts and Tsar Ivan IVxe2x80x99s political programme. | UNESCO |
| The Assumption Monastery complex with the Cathedral and the other stone buildings is contained within its historic perimeter and the whole complex depicts its historic political and religious functions. | UNESCO |
| However, there are some unresolved problems concerning structural instability and unstable indoor environmental parameters in the Cathedral, as well as soil erosion and instability, that are being studied and addressed. | UNESCO |
| The architecture of the Assumption Cathedral reflects in its configuration and substance at least two significant stages of its development, dating back to its construction and decoration in the 16th century and its baroque rearrangement in the 18th century. | UNESCO |
| The architecture and mural paintings of the refectory and of St. Nicholas Refectory Church complement the iconographic programme of the cathedral. | UNESCO |
| With the exception of the Cathedral, which retains most of its historic fabric in architectural and artistic terms, the buildings within the monastic complex have undergone interventions of different degrees of restoration or reconstruction, which, however, do not prevent them from substantially contributing to illustrating the value of the property. | UNESCO |