Vynohradiv

The two-story palace under a whimsical shingle roof in Vynohradiv is one of the oldest examples of the palace architecture of Transcarpathia.

Built in the 16th century by Baron Peter Pereni, the palace was originally one-story and had defensive functions. After the reconstruction, a second floor was added to the residential residence, a baroque pediment with the coat of arms of the Pereni family appeared.

The original layout has largely been preserved. On the first floor there were utility rooms and the entrance to the large cellars. Living rooms were located on the second floor. The frescoes of the 18th century on the walls of the central hall have been preserved.

The palace is surrounded by a large park, nearby are outbuildings.

Barons Pereni lived here until 1944. During Soviet times, the district education department was placed in the building. In recent years, restoration has been carried out, the opening of the museum is planned.

The ruins of the medieval castle of Kankiv are located on the slope of the hill in the western part of Vynohradiv.

In the 10th century, there was a Slavic settlement of Kanko at this place, which was called Uhocha by the Hungarians. In the 12th century, the Hungarian king Heyzo II made Uhocha the center of a separate county. After the Mongol-Tatar invasion, the stone Ugochan castle was rebuilt, which guarded the Transcarpathian salt route. In 1317, the castle of Kankiv, then belonging to the rebellious feudal lord Beke Barshi, was destroyed by the troops of King Karl I Robert.

Soon the king declared Sevlush a royal city and built a new castle in 1329, which then passed to Baron Peter Pereni. The baron soon moved to the palace, and gave the Ugochan castle to Catholic Franciscan monks, who built a church and turned the fortress into a monastery-hospital. In 1556, the Franciscans were expelled by Protestants, and two years later the castle was destroyed by Austrian troops and has not been restored since then.

Picturesque ruins have been preserved, from which a wonderful panorama of the city opens. The possibility of restoration is being discussed.

The Ascension Church is the oldest temple of Vynohradiv. It was probably founded in the XIII century, but was first mentioned at the turn of the XV-XVI centuries.

Stone, one-nave, reinforced with buttresses. Initially, the church could perform defensive functions, and the three-tier bell tower served as a watchtower.

Subsequently, the temple was rebuilt several times, and acquired its current form in the 18th century.

During recent restoration works, Romanesque and Gothic portals on the southern and northern facades, Gothic stone carvings in the apse were discovered. Fragments of ornamental fresco painting, carvings and a stucco coat of arms above the main entrance have been preserved.

Currently, the Ascension Church is an active Catholic church of Vynohradiv.

The first Franciscan monks appeared in Vynohradiv in the 15th century, which gives grounds for dating the monastery.

In the same century, the Franciscans received their order from Baron Pereni, the castle of Kankiv. In the middle of the 16th century, when the reformation movement began to spread in Transcarpathia, the order was disbanded.

Half a century later, the Franciscans returned and rebuilt the monastery and the church of Saint. Francis. Initially, it was made in Gothic forms, but after it was destroyed by the Tatars in 1717, it was restored in the Baroque style.

In the 19th century, the temple was abandoned and partially rebuilt. In Soviet times, a historical museum was located here.

Vynohradiv Historical Museum is located in the historic center of the city, is located in a temporary room (until recently housed in the Franciscan Monastery, which is now returned to the Catholic Church).

The funds have about 10,000 exhibits.

An interesting bronze collection of the second millennium BC.

Extensive material is presented about the uprising of Uhochan peasants under the leadership of Dyerd Dozh (early sixteenth century) and about the liberation war of the Hungarian people against the Habsburgs.

In one of the halls there is an ethnographic collection with samples of folk weaving and embroidery.