Archive for January 2021
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St. George’s Church in Drohobych
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Travel
St. George’s Church located in the city of Drohobych, in the south of Lviv Oblast is a unique monument of Galician wooden architecture of the late 15th – early 16th centuries. It is one of the best preserved monuments of old Ukrainian sacral architecture.
In 2013, it was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the object “The wooden churches of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.” St. George’s Church in Drohobych on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Drohobych city · Lviv oblast
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Church of the Holy Spirit in Kolochava
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Travel
Kolochava is a large village with a population of about 5,000 people located on the territory of the Synevyr National Natural Park in the north of the central part of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine.
Popular mountain tourist routes pass through Kolochava. It is also famous for its museums and monuments. In total, there are 10 museums and about 20 monuments here.
Tags: church · Zakarpattia oblast
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Roman Catholic Church-Chapel in Antoniv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions
Antoniv is a village with a population of about 300 people located in Ternopil Oblast, about 100 km south of Ternopil. Here you can see the picturesque Roman Catholic church-chapel built in 1934-1936.
There is no more information about it. The services lasted only a few years. They were stopped during the Soviet era. Today, the church is abandoned and gradually falling apart. Antoniv on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle – one of the seven wonders of Ukraine
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Travel
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is a picturesque medieval fortification located in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi in Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Ukraine.
In the past, it was the main part of the defensive system of the town of Kamianets, the capital of Duchy of Podolia in the 14th-15th centuries and the Podolian Voivodeship in the 15th-18th centuries. The castle acquired its current appearance in the middle of the 16th century and was known as the “uttermost bastion of Christianity”.
Tags: fortress · Kamenets Podolskiy city · Khmelnitsky oblast