Saint Nicholas Church on Lipno Island

St Nicholas Church (Lipno Island)

Saint Nicholas Church (Russian:Nikola na Lipne church) on Lipno Island is a Russian Orthodox church, a late 13th century example of Novgorod stone architecture. It is located on a small island in the Lipno Msta river delta, 9 km south of Veliky Novgorod. The main altar was consecrated in the name of Saint Nicholas. It is part of the Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings, part of a World Heritage Site inscribed in 1992.^[1]

Saint Nicholas church near Veliky Novgorod

References

↑ "Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

External links

The Mesolithic Settlement of Lipno

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World Heritage Sites in Russia by federal district

	Central	Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Novodevichy Convent Trinity Sergius Lavra White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Historic Centre of Yaroslavl

	Southern	Western Caucasus

	Northwestern	Curonian Spit¹ Ferapontov Monastery Kizhi Pogost Virgin Komi Forests Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Surroundings Solovetsky Islands Struve Geodetic Arc²

	Far Eastern	Lena Pillars Volcanoes of Kamchatka Central Sikhote-Alin Wrangel Island

	Siberian	Golden Mountains of Altai Lake Baikal Putorana Plateau Uvs Nuur Basin³

	Volga	Bolghar Kazan Kremlin

	North Caucasian	Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

¹ Shared with Lithuania ² Shared with nine other countries ³ Shared with Mongolia

Coordinates: 58°26′55″N 31°20′56″E / 58.4486°N 31.3489°E / 58.4486; 31.3489

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