Potocki Palace
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Lviv (185 km.)
Potocki Palace
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Lviv (185 km.)
Wherever you go in Lviv, you are inevitably astonished by its inimitable and varied architecture. However, the Potocki Palace, hiding behind open-worked forged fence on one of the streets that radiate from the main city artery, Svobody Avenue, stands out against the background of majestic ancient buildings, huddling in the downtown. Its elegant building, whose luxurious forms are reminiscent of Fr
Gunpowder Tower
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Lviv (186 km.)
Gunpowder Tower
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Lviv (186 km.)
The Gunpowder Tower, standing in Old Town’s heart, is an outstanding monument of the Renaissance military and defensive architecture. Its value is in that it is the only element of the medieval Lviv’s fortification system, which survived in perfect state until now. The tower was raised on the defensive hill that was located outside the city fortifications’ outer line, in the middle of the 16th cen
Lviv Art Gallery (Picture Gallery)
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Lviv (185 km.)
Lviv Art Gallery (Picture Gallery)
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Lviv (185 km.)
The Lviv Picture Gallery is the largest art museum not only in Lviv, but in the whole Ukraine. Its collection, recognized as one of the richest in the country, numbers about 60 thousand exhibits, including unique works of art, sculpture, graphics, and decorative and applied arts, created by Ukrainian and West European artists in the 14th – 20th centuries. Annually, more than 350 thousand tourists
Lubomirski Palace (Furniture and China Museum)
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Lviv (186 km.)
Lubomirski Palace (Furniture and China Museum)
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Lviv (186 km.)
The building of the former Lubomirski Palace is one of the many gems of Rynok Square’s splendid ensemble. Reckoned among the best baroque secular buildings in Lviv, it is rightly considered to be the most valuable monument of architecture of the 18th century. Currently the ancient palace hosts the Furniture and China Museum’s exposition.
The first building appeared here in the 17th century. It was
Pysanka Museum (Kolomyya)
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Ivano-Frankivsk (202 km.)
Pysanka Museum (Kolomyya)
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Ivano-Frankivsk (202 km.)
Situated not far from Ivano-Frankivsk, the ancient town Kolomyya is notable for its vivid history and inimitable colour. However, it is mostly associated with the unique Pysanka Museum – the only museum in the world, whose exposition is devoted to the art of painting Easter eggs.
Ukraine has an age-old tradition of decorating eggs with plot or ornamental patterns using wax and special dyes, howev
Shatsky Lakes
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Western (339 km.)
Shatsky Lakes
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Western (339 km.)
A scattering of the emerald Shatsky lakes with crystal pure water that are framed in velvet verdure of primeval woods is rightly considered to be one of the Ukraine’s brightest tourist gems. Picturesque landscapes, rich flora and fauna, and mild curative climate make this territory an ideal place for varied recreation and health improvement.
The Shatsky lakes are located on the territory of the na
Pereni Palace
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Mukachevo (77 km.)
Pereni Palace
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Mukachevo (77 km.)
A small town Vynohradiv lies at the foot of the picturesque Chorna Hora (Black Mount) not far from Mukachevo. It is seldom marked on Ukraine’s tourist map, although, the town is worth visiting, if only for the Pereni Palace standing in depth of the old park. The palace is considered to be one of the oldest samples of Zakarpattia palatial architecture.
Members of one of the richest and the most inf
Fortress Sent-Miklosh
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Mukachevo (41 km.)
Fortress Sent-Miklosh
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Mukachevo (41 km.)
The threatening medieval fortress Sent-Miklosh can hardly compete in its tourist attractiveness with the luxurious and perfectly preserved Palace of Schönborns standing nearby. And therefore, it is only the second most important sight in the picturesque Chinadievo settlement, located near ancient Mukachevo. Meanwhile, the long and bright history, kept by dilapidated walls of the once majestic fort
Catholic Church of St. Anthony (The House of Organ Music)
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Rivne (361 km.)
Catholic Church of St. Anthony (The House of Organ Music)
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Rivne (361 km.)
The unusual building of the former parochial Catholic Church of St. Anthony, and now – The House of Organ Music, is considered to be one of the most interesting and original buildings in Rivne and is reckoned among its key sights. Standing in Rivne’s very center, the Catholic Church of St. Anthony, on par with most city constructions, has tough fate.
The first parochial catholic church appeared in