World Heritage Identification Number: 1703
World Heritage since: 2023
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: Yes
Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Historic Centre of Odesa: A Testament to Intercultural Exchange and Multicultural Cities of the 19th Century
The Historic Centre of Odesa, located in the heart of the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine, stands as a remarkable testament to the intercultural exchange and multicultural cities that flourished during the 19th century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023, this densely populated urban area is a unique blend of classical architecture, eclecticism, and cultural diversity. However, due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the site has been placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The Historic Center of Odesa, part of the Black Sea port city developed on the site of Khadzhybei, is a densely built-up area, planned according to classicism canons, characterized by two- to four-storey buildings and wide perpendicular streets lined with trees. Historic buildings reflect the rapid economic development of the city in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The site includes theatres, bridges, monuments, religious buildings, schools, private palaces and tenement houses, clubs, hotels, banks, shopping centres, warehouses, stock exchanges and other public and administrative buildings designed by architects and engineers, mostly from Italy in the early years, but also of other nationalities. Eclecticism is the dominant feature of the historic city centre’s architecture. The site bears witness to the city’s highly diverse ethnic and religious communities, representing an outstanding example of intercultural exchanges and the growth of multicultural and multi-ethnic Eastern European cities of the 19th century.
Encyclopedia Record: Historic Centre of Odesa
The Historic Centre of Odesa, Historical City Centre of Odesa, or Centre of Odesa is a city centre and World Heritage Site in Odesa, Ukraine. It was listed in 2023, and currently, it is on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Additional Site Details
Area: 618.54 hectares
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 46.48645 , 30.7416138889
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