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Abandoned Ray’s Mansion in Pryozerne

Pryozerne is a small village with a population of about 460 people located in the Rohatyn district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, about 79 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk.

The main attraction of this village is a picturesque two-stored mansion built in neo-baroque style in the late 19th century. Ray’s Mansion on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.

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Entrance to the manor with blocked gates.

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The palace was built in place of the old one by order of Countess Wilhelmina Ray (1849-1907). The construction was completed in 1882.

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Until 1939, Ludwik Ray, one of Wilhelmina’s grandsons, owned the manor. However, because of the Second World War, he had to leave it and moved to France.

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In Soviet times, the building was used as a piggery and then as a psychiatric hospital.

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In the years of independent Ukraine there was a nunnery in the mansion. Then it was sold to a private owner, which is forbidden to do with monuments of architecture. The sale was appealed and the palace was returned to state ownership.

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Today, this beautiful monument of architecture of national importance is abandoned and needs restoration.

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