TAG | Khmelnitsky oblast
Podillia is a historical and geographical region (Podillia Upland) located in the south-west of Ukraine, above the northern tributaries of the middle Dniester and the upper reaches of the Southern Buh.
The main cities of Podillia are Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia.
Tags: Khmelnitsky oblast · Vinnitsa oblast
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Palace of Kolonn-Chesnovsky in Bozhykivtsi
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Bozhykivtsi is a village with a population of about 1,000 people located in the Khmelnytskyi region, 66 km southeast of Khmelnytskyi.
In the late 19th – early 20th centuries, the Polish nobleman Zdzislaw Kolonn-Chesnovsky built in Bozhykivtsi a luxurious estate. This is one of the rare cases when an old manor house has been relatively well preserved. Bozhykivtsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
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Medzhybizh Fortress in the Khmelnytskyi Region
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Medzhybizh Fortress is located in the village of Medzhybizh in the upper reaches of the Southern Buh River, 30 km east of Khmelnitsky and 4 km north of the highway E50 (M12).
This monument of fortification architecture built in the Renaissance style in the middle of the 16th century is included in the State Register of the National Cultural Heritage of Ukraine. Medzhybizh Fortress on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: fortress · Khmelnitsky oblast
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Castles of Ukraine in the Polish artist’s watercolors
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Regions, Travel
The following watercolors were included in the fourth album of the artist Zbigniew Szczepanek “Zamki na Kresach”. It shows the 59 most famous fortresses in Kresach (the Polish name of the territory of present Western Ukraine).
About 40% of the objects show the author’s reconstruction, the remaining 60% – show the current state of the monuments. The images of some fortifications were reconstructed for the first time and thus can be considered a kind of unique.
Berezhany Castle in Berezhany, the Ternopil region.
Tags: fortress · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Khmelnitsky oblast · Rivne oblast · Ternopil oblast
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Holy Protection Fortress-Church in Sutkivtsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
In Sutkivtsi, a small village with a population of about 1,200 people located in Yarmolinetsky district of the Khmelnitsky region, there is an amazing Orthodox church constructed in the 15th century.
This unique fortress-church built of gray stone with pointed, cone-shaped towers and loopholes is definitely a beautiful architectural monument.
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Picturesque views of the Ukrainian province
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Overview, Photos, Regions
Let’s have a look at nice sceneries of provincial life in Khmelnitsky and Ternopil oblasts taken by horoshiyblog.
Tags: Khmelnitsky oblast · Ternopil oblast