Archive for July 2018
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Second Oldest Wooden Catholic Church in Ukraine
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Radenychi is a village with a population of about 1,100 people located in the west of the Lviv region, 77 km from Lviv.
On the territory of the village there is the second oldest wooden Catholic church in Ukraine – the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1754. Radenychi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of the Three Saints in Lemeshi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Lemeshi is a village with a population of about 600 people located in the Kozelets district of the Chernihiv region, 60 km south of Chernihiv.
The main attraction of the village is the Church of the Three Saints (Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom) built in the Baroque style in 1755. Lemeshi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Chernigov oblast · Chernihiv city · church
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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Torhiv
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Torhiv is a small village with a population of about 170 people located in the Zolochiv district of the Lviv region, 91 km east of Lviv.
In the central part of the village there is a picturesque wooden church – the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church built in 1846. Torhiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Makhnivtsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Makhnivtsi is a small village with a population of about 180 people located in the Zolochiv district of the Lviv region, about 90 km east of Lviv.
On the outskirts of the village there is a picturesque monument of wooden architecture – the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian (1697). Restored in 1970, this church is a monument of architecture of national importance. Makhnivtsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Palace of Strachocki in Mostyska
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Mostyska is a small town with a population of about 9 thousand people located in the Lviv region, 69 km west of Lviv, near the Ukrainian border with Poland.
The most interesting architectural monument of the town is the former palace of Antony Strachocki constructed in the Romantic style with Neo-Gothic elements. It is located in the north of Mostyska, in the suburb called Rudnyky. Palace of Strachocki on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Church of St. Michael in Chesnyky
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Chesnyky is a village with a population of about 800 people located in the Rohatyn district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 71 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The main attraction of the village is the Church of St. Michael (also known as the Church of St. Nicholas and the Church of the Ascension) of the 13th century – an architectural monument of national importance and one of the oldest churches in Western Ukraine. Chesnyky on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
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Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Tshchenets’
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Tshchenets’, first mentioned in 1418, is a small village with a population of about 570 people located in the Mostyska district of the Lviv region, 75 km west of Lviv.
The main attraction of the village is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph built in 1924-1928. In 1950-1955 and 1957-1989, the church was closed and used as an administrative building. Tshchenets’ on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast