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General information about Kremenets

The city of Kremenets is a picturesque regional center in the hilly valley of the Irva River among the spurs of the low Kremenets Mountains.

It was first mentioned in the Ipatiyiv Chronicle in 1226, when Prince Mstyslav Udatnyi defeated the troops of the Hungarian king Andriy II, who was trying to capture the city. The Kremenets castle in 1240 withstood the siege of the horde of Khan Batyi, but in 1259 Prince Vasylko (brother of Danylo Halytskyi) himself destroyed the fortress under the terms of an agreement with Temnik Burunday.

The city of Kremenets is a picturesque regional center in the hilly valley of the Irva River among the spurs of the low Kremenets Mountains.

The fortifications were restored only during the reign of Mstyslav Danylovych at the end of the 13th century. After joining Lithuania and Poland in 1431, Kremenets received the Magdeburg Law. In 1536 p. King Sigismund I presented the city of Kremenets to his wife Bona from the Italian family of Sforza. In 1648 the Kremenets castle was taken and destroyed by the Cossack detachment of Maksym Krivonos.

A tower with a gate and defensive walls have been preserved on the Castle Hill. Cossack crosses still stand at the Pyatnytske cemetery below. In the XVII century. the Epiphany Monastery was built in the city, at which Metropolitan Petro Mohyla founded a fraternal school. Thanks to the founded in the XIX century. For the Kremenets Lyceum, the city became a significant center of education in this region. Polish poet Yuliush Slovatskyi was born in Kremenets.

Preserved about 50 monuments of history and architecture. Recently, the tourist infrastructure has been actively developing, since the city is a convenient transshipment base when traveling to the nearby Pochaiv Lavra and to the source of Ssint Anna. In the second half of May, the festival of historical reconstructions "Old fortress" takes place in Kremenets.

Місто Кременець - мальовничий райцентр в горбкуватій долині річки Ірви серед відрогів невисоких Кременецьких гір.

Вперше згадується в Іпатіївському літописі в 1226 році, коли князь Мстислав Удатний розбив війська угорського короля Андрія ІІ, який намагався захопити місто. Кременецький замок в 1240 році витримав облогу орди хана Батия, але в 1259 році князь Василько (брат Данила Галицького) сам зруйнував фортецю за умовами договору з темником Бурундаєм.

Укріплення були відновлені лише за часів правління Мстислава Даниловича в кінці XIII століття. Після входження до складу Литви та Польщі в 1431 році Кременець отримав Магдебурзьке право. В 1536 році король Сигізмунд I подарував місто Кременець своїй дружині Боні з італійського роду Сфорца. У 1648 році Кременецький замок був вз ...

На Замковій горі збереглися вежа з воротами й оборонні стіни. Внизу на П'ятницькому цвинтарі досі стоять козацькі хрести. В XVII столітті в місті був побудований Богоявленський монастир, при якому митрополит Петро Могила заснував братську школу. Завдяки заснованому в XIX столітті Кременецькому ліцею місто стало значним центром освіти в цьому регіоні. У Кременці народився польський поет Юліуш Словацький.

Збереглося близько 50 пам'яток історії та архітектури. Останнім часом активно розвивається туристична інфраструктура, оскільки місто є зручною перевалочною базою при подорожах в розташовану неподалік Почаївську лавру та до джерела Святої Анни. У другій половині травня в Кременці проходить фестиваль історичних реконструкцій "Стара фортеця".

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Tourist attractions and museums of Kremenets

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Cossack Cemetery

Historic area

A monument to the Cossacks Maksym Kryvonos, who died in 1648 during the storming of Kremenets Castle, as well as graves with stone Cossack crosses of the 17th and 18th centuries are located on the territory of the current Pyatnytskyi cemetery at the foot of Mount Chercha.

Over a hundred stone tombstones with crosses have survived in the Cossack cemetery of Kremenets, some of which have inscriptions. The monument in the form of a cross was erected in 1995.

Kozatska Street

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Jesuit Collegium

Temple , Architecture

The majestic complex of buildings of the Jesuit church, monastery and collegium in the baroque style is the architectural dominant of Kremenets. In the 18th-19th centuries, the Kremenets collegium was one of the largest centers of education in the Podillya and Volyn lands. Jesuit monks were invited to Kremenets by Prince Yanush Vyshnyvetskyi to create a Catholic collegium on the basis of the sister school of the Epiphany Monastery. In 1731-1743, the famous Italian architect Paolo Fontana built the church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Stanislav Kostka (now the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine) with adjacent educational buildings at the expense of the Vyshnyvetskyi.

In 1805, on the initiative of the historian and educator Tadeusz Czacki, the collegium was transformed first into the Volyn Gymnasium, and then into the Volyn Lyceum. The famous park builder Dionysius Makler (Mickler) laid a botanical garden next to it, which still exists today. In 1832, after the suppression of the Polish uprising, the higher school was closed, and its library funds and teaching staff became the basis for the creation of Kyiv University. A theological seminary was opened instead of a lyceum.

After the return of the Poles at the beginning of the 20th century, the lyceum was restored, and during Soviet times, a pedagogical school was opened on its base. Currently, it is the Taras Shevchenko Taras Shevchenko Regional Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy.

Litseyna Street, 1

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Kremenets Castle Bona

Castle / fortress

Stone Kremenets Castle on the site of an ancient Rus settlement was built in the 12th century on the top of Castle Hill (Bona). In the 15th century, by order of the Grand Duke Vitovt of Lithuania, it was strengthened with defensive walls.

The prosperity of Kremenets Castle is connected with the name of the Neapolitan princess Bona Sfortsa, the wife of Polish King Syhizmund I, who gave her Kremenets in 1536. A relative of the Roman emperor, Bona strengthened the castle, which at that time had three towers, high walls and a garrison armed with cannons. The castle yard housed barracks, a powder cellar, a siege well (80 meters) and a palace, which Bona turned into a luxurious residence. Although there is no reliable information about the stay of Queen Bona in Kremenets, since those times there have been legends about her beauty, temperament, experience in intrigues, but also about her extreme cruelty.

In 1648, the Kremenets Castle was stormed and completely destroyed by the Cossack detachment of Maksym Kryvonos. A tower with a gate and defensive walls have been preserved.

Excursions are conducted by employees of the Kremenets-Pochaiv state historical and cultural reserve.

Maksyma Kryvonosa Street

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Saint Stanislav's Church

Temple , Architecture

The Church of Saint Stanislav in Kremenets was built in the 19th century at the expense of the parishioners after the Russian authorities took the Franciscan monastery from the Catholics and converted it into the Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.

Saint Catherine's Church in St. Petersburg was taken as a model for the new Catholic church. In 1908, the church was decorated with Czech stained glass windows.

At the entrance to the church of Saint Stanislav, a highly artistic marble bowl with a bas-relief of the Mother of God, made in 1872 by the famous Volyn sculptor Viktor Brodzky, attracts attention. To the left of the entrance is a monument to Yuliush Slovatsky by the Polish sculptor Vatslav Shymanovsky.

An organ with 8 registers has been preserved.

Tarasa Shevchenko Street, 30

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Yuliush Slovatsky Literary Memorial Museum

Museum / gallery

The Yuliush Slovatsky Literary Memorial Museum was opened in Kremenets in the estate of Yanushevsky (the poet's grandfather), where he spent his childhood in 1814-1828.

Yuliush Slovatsky is one of the most famous Polish poets of the Romantic period. He was born and lived in Kremenets for many years, and then repeatedly praised his hometown in his works. Many objects in the Kremenets are connected with the name of Slovatsky: his native house, the lyceum to which his father taught, his mother's grave in the Tunytsky cemetery.

The museum exposition is located in eight rooms, each of which reflects a certain stage of the poet's creative path. The museum has 1,500 exhibits. Since 2004, the museum has had an extensive exposition "The Hour of Thought of Yuliush Slovatsky".

Yuliusha Slovatskoho Street, 16

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