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Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Deshkovytsya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Deshkovytsya is a village of about 600 people located in the central part of Zakarpattia Oblast, about 76 km southeast of Uzhhorod.
Here you can find a wooden three-story architectural monument of national importance – the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, built in the 18th century and rebuilt in 1839. Deshkovytsya on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kolodne
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Kolodne is a village of about 2,000 people located in the southeastern part of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine.
Here you can see one of the oldest monuments of wooden architecture in Ukraine and Europe – the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, originally built in 1470. Subsequent reconstructions were done in the 16th and 18th centuries. Kolodne on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
one of the oldest churched in Ukraine
Tags: church · Zakarpattia oblast
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Church of St. Demetrius in Losynets
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Religion
Losynets is a small village with a population of about 700 people located on the territory of Lviv Oblast in the very west of Ukraine, about 130 km southwest of Lviv.
Here you can see a picturesque wooden church built in 1892. Next to it there is a bell tower (1725), which is included in the register of architectural monuments of national importance. From 1957 to 1989, the church was closed. Losynets on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Sokyrnytsya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Sokyrnytsya is a large village with a population of about 5 thousand people located in the south of Zakarpattia Oblast, about 120 km from Uzhhorod.
The main architectural attraction of this place is the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1704) – a masterpiece of wooden sacral architecture that has the status of an architectural monument of national importance. Near the church there is a bell tower, built in 1770. Sokyrnytsya on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast
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Foggy Day at the Museum of Folk Architecture of Ukraine
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Culture, Travel
Pyrohiv is a historical territory located on the southern outskirts of Kyiv named after the village of the same name, which has existed here since at least the 17th century.
This place is known primarily for its excellent open-air museum, which is an architectural and landscape complex of all historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine – the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine. Pyrohiv on Google Maps. Photos by: Yuri Yuriev.
stroll through the fog-shrouded museum
Tags: Kiev city
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pryslip
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Pryslip is a village with a population of about 800 people located in the northeastern part of Zakarpattia Oblast, about 160 km east of Uzhhorod, near the junction of the borders of three Ukrainian regions: Zakarpattia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts.
The main sight of this place is the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1797) – an architectural monument of national importance. This is one of those Transcarpathian churches, which are located far in the highlands and to which there are no paved roads. Tourists practically do not get here. Pryslip on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Uzhok
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Uzhok is a village of about 700 people located in the northwest of Zakarpattia Oblast, near the border of Ukraine with Poland.
The main attraction of this place is the wooden Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1745) – an architectural monument of national importance, one of the most interesting buildings of the Boyko architectural style. Uzhok on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
picturesque monument of wooden architecture
Tags: church · Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast
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Church of St. Anne in Bukivtsovo
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions
Bukivtsovo is a village with a population of about 200 people located in Zakarpattia Oblast, 35 km north-east of Uzhhorod.
A monument of wooden architecture of national importance has been preserved here – the Church of St. Anna, which belongs to the best Transcarpathian baroque churches. Bukivtsovo on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast
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The Palanok Castle in Mukachevo
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Travel
The Palanok Castle or Mukachevo Castle is a very picturesque castle located in the city of Mukachevo in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine.
It is a unique example of medieval fortification architecture with a combination of different styles, an architectural monument of national importance. Today, the Mukachevo Castle houses a historical museum. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: fortress · Mukachevo city · Zakarpattia oblast
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Nyzhnya Apsha
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions
Nyzhnya Apsha is a large village with a population of about 7,000 people located in the southeast of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine.
One of the main attractions of the village is the wooden Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker – an architectural monument of national importance. According to some sources, it was built in 1604 (according to others – in 1561) with the following rebuilding in the 18th century. Nyzhnya Apsha on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Uzhgorod city · Zakarpattia oblast