The Resurrection Cathedral
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Rivne
The Resurrection Cathedral
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Rivne
The charming Resurrection Cathedral that majestically rises in Rivne’s very center is reckoned among the most beautiful city constructions. This amazing temple has great historical and architectural value, and is one of the most token sights of the ancient Rivne.
The first (wooden) cathedral in honor of the Christ’s Resurrection was built here back in 1781. However, a hundred years later the templ
Dormition Church
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Rivne
Dormition Church
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Rivne
The Greek-Catholic Dormition Church can’t brag with majestic architectural shapes and luxurious decoration. Being simple and at the first sight unremarkable, it is reckoned among the Rivne key sights, though. Its value is that it is the oldest temple in city that has survived unchanged until now.
The small wooden church appeared on one of the Rivne many streets over a quarter of millennium ago, in
Zymne Monastery
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Lutsk (137 km.)
Zymne Monastery
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Lutsk (137 km.)
Standing on a small mountain in Zymne village, not far from Lutsk, the Zymne Svyatogorsk Monastery is one of the Ukraine’s oldest monasteries. According to legend, it was founded by the Prince Vladimir the Great, under whose reign the Rus was baptized. It was on the Svyata Hora (Holly Mountain) that he founded his winter residence, in 1001. He ordered to build two wooden churches and a tower palac
St. Nicholas Cathedral
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Kremenets (69 km.)
St. Nicholas Cathedral
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Kremenets (69 km.)
The light and elegant baroque building of the St. Nicholas Cathedral is one of the Kremenets’s architectural trademarks. This amazing temple attracts not only with its charming forms, but also with its tough history. It started in the middle of the 16th century. The Polish King Sigismund I Bon’s wife, who owned Kremenets castle, ordered to erect a wooden parish church, which then became the first
Jesuit Monastery and Collegium
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Kremenets (69 km.)
Jesuit Monastery and Collegium
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Kremenets (69 km.)
Consisting of a two-tower Catholic church and adjoined study buildings in the late baroque style, the ensemble of the Jesuit Monastery and Collegium strikes with its beauty and grandeur. Situated in Kremenets’s very center, it is city’s main architectural symbol and one of its most attractive sights.
Being famous for their educational activity, the Jesuit monks were invited to Kremenets by the Lit
Carmelite Church
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Lviv (179 km.)
Carmelite Church
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Lviv (179 km.)
An elegant building of the former Carmelite Church is situated outside the Old Town, in which Lviv’s main architectural gems are located, but is not inferior to them in its beauty and historical value. The imposing cathedral, standing at the foot of the High Castle, draws attention with its refined towers, crowned with pointed spires, and elegant decoration, as well as with breathtaking views of t
Dormition Cathedral
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Lviv (180 km.)
Dormition Cathedral
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Lviv (180 km.)
Dormition Cathedral’s original ensemble is one of the most recognizable symbols of the Old Town. It is its silhouette that can be frequently seen on the postcards with city views. It consists of three splendid medieval buildings: the church, the bell tower, known as Kornyakt’s Tower, and the Chapel of Three Prelates. Each of them is a true gem of Lviv Renaissance architecture.
In 1591, temple’s co
Church of St. John the Baptist (Museum of the Lviv Oldest Monuments)
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Lviv (180 km.)
Church of St. John the Baptist (Museum of the Lviv Oldest Monuments)
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Lviv (180 km.)
The Church of St. John the Baptist, located at the bottom of the Lviv High Castle near the Old Market (medieval Lviv’s major trade center), is one of the oldest monuments of architecture in the city. It doesn’t astonish by its grandeur or monumentality, but fascinates by original combination of different epochs and styles, reflected in its appearance.
Temple’s history is so old that it is virtuall
Catholic Church of St. George
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Uzhgorod (361 km.)
Catholic Church of St. George
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Uzhgorod (361 km.)
The elegant Catholic Church of St. George decorates Uzhgorod’s historical center for several centuries already and is one of the most ancient catholic temples in the city. Its high, topped with three domelike turrets building is officially reckoned among the most beautiful and remarkable cultic constructions of the ancient city.
Uzhgorod residents owe the appearance of this architectural gem to t