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Chernecha (Taras) Hill
Chernecha Hill in Kaniv is one of the highest Kaniv mountains (244 meters) on the high right bank of the Dnipro, the burial place of the Ukrainian poet-prophet Taras Shevchenko.
According to folk tales, in the 11th and 12th centuries, on the slopes of Chernecha Hill in the Monastyrok tract, there was a cave monastery of Kaniv, where monks (ukr. – chentsi) secluded themselves, which is where the name of the mountain comes from.
During Cossack times, the Holy Intercession Monastery, known since 1702, was located here.
The poet Taras Shevchenko planned to buy a plot of land for his own estate on Chernecha Hill shortly before his death in 1961, after seeing these places during his last visit to Ukraine. Here he was reburied at the request of the public, according to ...
Last update
4/11/2024
Categories | Historic area, Park / garden |
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Date of foundation | 1861 |
Hours of work | 09:00–18:00 (from 01.10 to 30.04 – 08:00–17:00), day off - Monday |
Address |
Tarasa Shevchenka Street, 102
Kaniv |
Coordinates | 49.73039° N, 31.51241° E Coordinates copied |
Phone | +380 4736 32 368, +38 04736 32 365, +380 96 392 1692, |
tarasovagora@ukr.net , sokur_kaniv@ukr.net | |
Official site | https://shevchenko-museum.com/ |
https://www.facebook.com/taras... | |
Cost | free entrance; tour of the territory - UAH 100 |
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