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Catholic Church of St. Martin in Skelivka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Skelivka (until 1945 – Felsztyn) is a village with a population of about 1,000 people located in the Starosamborsk district of the Lviv region, 93 km southwest of Lviv, near the border with Poland.
This village is primarily known for the fact that here was the main character of the famous satirical novel of Jaroslav Hasek – The Good Soldier Schweik. In Skelivke there is a monument to Schweik.
beautiful neo-Gothic brick church
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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St. Lawrence’s Church in Zhovkva
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
St. Lawrence’s Church is a monument of architecture and culture located in the town of Zhovkva in the Lviv region, 25 kilometers north of Lviv and 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border.
The church was built in 1606-1618. The founder of Zhovkva, the Polish military leader Stanislaw Zolkiewski, his wife and son were buried here. Zhovkva on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
Podillia is a historical and geographical region (Podillia Upland) located in the south-west of Ukraine, above the northern tributaries of the middle Dniester and the upper reaches of the Southern Buh.
The main cities of Podillia are Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia.
Tags: Khmelnitsky oblast · Vinnitsa oblast
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Church of the Ascension in Chortkiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Chortkiv is a town with a population of about 29,000 people located in the Ternopil region, 75 km south of Ternopil. There are several interesting monuments of architecture in this town.
One of them is the Church of the Ascension of the Lord situated near the railway station. The church was built in 1717, on the site of a burnt church founded in 1630. Ascension Church in Chortkiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Defensive Church of Transfiguration in Zaluzhzhya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Zaluzhzhya is a village with a population of about 1,200 people located in the Zbarazh district of the Ternopil region, 25 km to the north-east from Ternopil.
The main architectural attraction of Zaluzhzhya is Transfiguration Church – a defensive church built on the site of an earlier (now defunct) defensive monastery in 1600. Transfiguration Church in Zaluzhzhya on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Attractions of Ukrainian Sivershchyna
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Regions, Travel, Video
Sivershchyna, a historical region named after the Siverians, an East Slavic tribe, is located in northern Ukraine, eastern Belarus and southwestern Russia.
Here is a nice presentation of the Ukrainian part of Sivershchyna that includes the Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions (turn the subtitles on).
Tags: Chernigov oblast · Kharkov oblast · Poltava oblast · Sumy oblast
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Basilian Fathers Monastery in Zhovkva
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
The Basilian Fathers Monastery of the Nativity of Christ with the picturesque baroque Church of the Holy Heart of Christ was built on the site of the wooden Basilian church in the town of Zhovkva in 1612.
Initially, the complex was made in the Renaissance style and had a defensive character. Reconstruction, carried out in 1905, completely changed its appearance. Basilian Monastery in Zhovkva on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Monastery of St. Nicholas in Krekhiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Regions, Religion, Travel
Krekhiv is a village with a population of about 800 people located in the Zhovkva district of the Lviv region, 35 km north-west of Lviv.
In 1612, an Orthodox monastery was founded at a distance of about 2 km from the village. In 1669, the monks built fortifications around the monastery and turned it into a fortress. Krekhiv Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Pidhirtsi Castle – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Architecture, Regions, Video
Pidhirtsi Castle (1635-1640) is a relatively well-preserved monument of late Renaissance and Baroque architecture surrounded by defensive structures.
Located about 90 km east of Lviv, in Pidhirtsi village of the Lviv region, it is one of the best in Europe examples of a Renaissance palace with bastion fortifications. Pidhirtsi Castle on Google Maps
Tags: fortress · Lviv oblast
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Castle of the Renaissance Era in Zhovkva
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Zhovkva is a small town with a population of about 13 thousand people located 30 km north of Lviv and 35 km from the Ukrainian-Polish border.
One of the main attractions of the town is Zhovkva castle – a monument of Renaissance architecture built in 1594-1606. Zhovkva Castle on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: fortress · Lviv oblast