Korostyshiv

The majestic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1608 at the expense of Count Adam Olizar, rebuilt in stone in 1779 by Yuzef Olizar.

Baroque architecture uses the style of Louis XIV. The altar was decorated with the painting "Jesus on the Cross" by the Polish artist Frantsysk Smuhlevych. The family crypt of the Olizars was located in the side chapel.

In Soviet times, the temple was used as a granary, and then as a cinema.

In 1991, the building of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was returned to the Catholic community of the city. In 2008, a complete restoration was carried out. The interiors are decorated with the works of Polish woodcarver Furdyna.

A monument to the poet and public figure Hustav Olizar has been erected in front of the church.

The picturesque artificial lake, which was formed on the site of a flooded granite quarry, is located at the entrance to Korostyshiv from the Kyiv side, a little south of the highway.

It belongs to the enterprise "Korostyshiv Quarry", which is engaged in the processing of natural stone from various deposits of Ukraine.

The rocky shores of the lake up to 10 meters high, overgrown with pines and birches, resemble Karelian landscapes. The water has an unusual turquoise shade. The vertical walls of the quarry with a pronounced relief attract climbers and lovers of extreme sports.

Separate buildings of the manor of the ancient count family Olizars, to whom Korostyshiv belonged since 1565.

The palace and park complex was founded in Korostyshiv in the 19th century by the outstanding poet and public figure Gustav Olizar. An excellent picture gallery was collected in the palace, the library consisted of several thousand volumes.

The service wing, part of the colonnade has been preserved.

An Alley of Glory was built in the manor park during Soviet times, and in the lower part you can see a collection of granite sculptures.

The Korostyshiv People's Historical Museum was founded in 1965. The museum is located in the Korostyshiv House of Culture.

Its funds include more than 6,000 storage items. The exposition in three halls tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the present, about the foundation and development of Korostyshiv, about the prominent residents of the city. In particular, the finds of Trypil culture and Ancient Rus from archaeological excavations in the village of Horodske, household items and clothing of local residents of the 19th - early 20th centuries, personal belongings of Zhytomyr partisans from the Second World War are presented.

A separate section is devoted to the Holodomor of 1932-1933.

The pearl of the artistic part of the exposition is a selection of paintings by the People's Artist of Ukraine, the outstanding landscape painter Mykola Maksymenko, originally from Zhytomyr region.