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Fortified Assumption Church in Pidhaitsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Pidhaitsi, first mentioned in written sources in 1468, is a town with a population of about 2,700 people located in Ternopil Oblast, about 64 km south-west of Ternopil.
This town has preserved a number of interesting architectural monuments. One of them is the Assumption Church (1650-1653) – an architectural monument of national importance constructed in the Renaissance style in combination with Ukrainian church traditions. Pidhaitsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Mykulyntsi
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Mykulyntsi is an urban village with a population of about 3,600 people located in Ternopil Oblast, about 19 km south of Ternopil. First mentioned in chronicles in 1096, this is the oldest settlement in the region and one of the oldest settlements in Western Ukraine.
There are several architectural monuments in Mykulyntsi including the palace and the ruins of the castle. The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity (1761-1779) located here is a unique architectural monument of national importance. This is one of the largest Baroque churches in Ternopil Oblast. Mykulyntsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Telelyntsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Telelyntsi is a village with a population of about 500 people located in the western part of Vinnytsia Oblast, about 63 km southwest of Vinnytsia.
Here you can see a very interesting wooden church preserved in almost original form – Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1865). Telelyntsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Vinnitsa oblast
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Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin in Topilnytsya
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Topilnytsya is a village with a population of about 1,500 people located in the southwest of Lviv Oblast, near the border with Poland.
There is a beautiful monument of wooden architecture in this village – the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin (1730). This church with other buildings forms a unique monastery complex of the 18th century. Topilnytsya on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Svirzh Castle – the view from above
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Svirzh Castle, a picturesque fortified aristocratic residence, is a unique monument of defense architecture of the 15th-17th centuries located in the village of Svirzh in Lviv Oblast, about 44 km southeast of Lviv.
First mentioned in 1484, it was originally a purely defensive stone building. After numerous renovations, the castle acquired its present form in the middle of the 17th century. In Soviet times, this building was used as a school of tractor drivers. Svirzh Castle on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Fortified Church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Rosokhy
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Rosokhy is a small village with a population of about 150 people located in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine near the border with Poland, about 123 km southwest of Lviv.
The main attraction of this village is a complex of buildings of the fortified Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in the 15th-16th centuries and included in the list of monuments of architecture of national importance. At that time, this region was within the reach of the raids of the Crimean Tatars, therefore there was a need for such fortifications. Rosokhy on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Church of St. Nicholas in Turka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Turka is a town with a population of about 7,000 people located in Lviv Oblast, about 135 km south-west of Lviv, near the border with Poland.
One of the architectural sights of the town is the wooden Church of St. Nicholas (1739) – a monument of architecture of national importance. Inside, there is a preserved carved wooden iconostasis with a red background, gilded carvings, and icons created in 1739. Turka on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Unique Wooden Neo-Gothic Church in Rozluch
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Rozluch is a village with a population of about 1,200 people located in Lviv Oblast, about 128 km southwest of Lviv.
The main attraction of the village is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Borgia (1901-1902) – the former chapel of German colonists and a unique for Ukraine example of a wooden church built in the Neo-Gothic style. Rozluch on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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Churches of St. Michael the Archangel in Isai
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Isai is a village with a population of about 800 people located in Lviv Oblast, about 138 km southwest of Lviv.
In the center of the village, next to the stone church of St. Michael the Archangel (1938), you can see the wooden church of St. Michael the Archangel (1663). Nearby, there is a wooden bell tower built in 1722. Together they form a monument of architecture of national importance. Isai on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
picturesque ensemble of churches
Tags: church · Lviv oblast
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One of the Best Catholic Wooden Churches in Ukraine
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Ilnyk is a village with a population of about 1,500 people located in the Turka District in the south-west of Lviv Oblast. Here you can see one of the most harmonious Catholic wooden churches in Ukraine – the Chapel of the Paramanny (Mourning) Mother of God built in 1932-1933.
This is one of the eleven existing wooden Catholic churches of the first half of the 20th century located in the Lviv region. Unfortunately, this picturesque building doesn’t have a status of an architectural monument, it is abandoned and is gradually being destroyed. Ilnyk on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast