Attractions of Chernivtsi region

The former Palace of Justice in Chernivtsi now serves as the premises of the regional government - the Chernivtsi Regional Council and the regional state administration.

The pompous building was built in 1904-1906 according to the project of the architect Frants Skovron. The walls are lined with colored bricks with ceramic inserts. The main facade is decorated with sculptures of Themis, the goddess of justice, and Nemesis, the goddess of retribution.

The main entrance is guarded by two lions, for which the Palace of Justice was nicknamed the "House with Lions".

The only pharmacy in Chernivtsi, which has been operating continuously for over 100 years, is located on the ground floor of a solid building on the historic Olhy Kobylyanskoyi Street.

The building was built in the early twentieth century in the style of neoclassicism by order of the Shymonovych family.

The pharmacy was opened in 2003 as a museum. Ancient interiors have been preserved, furniture has been restored, various exhibits have been collected - pharmacy equipment and utensils.

The Society for the Development of Musical Culture in Bukovyna was established in 1862, and 15 years later a building with a concert hall was built specifically for it.

The project was developed by the city architect Emil fon Rehius, the construction was supervised by the imperial-royal construction advisor Aloyiz Bulirts. The painting of the hall was done by the famous Viennese artist Karl Yobst, who at that time painted the residence of the Bukovyna metropolitans.

In 1940, the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic was founded in this building. The composition of the Philharmonic named after Dmytro Hnatyuk currently includes: academic chamber orchestra, academic symphony orchestra, academic chamber choir, concert group of soloists "Music Enlightenment", duet "Pysanka", folk music ensemble "Play", folk-rock band and children's vocal studio "Fairytale world".

In 2020, the Philharmonic building was equipped for people with disabilities.

The hall of organ and chamber music of the Philharmonic is located separately, in the premises of the Armenian Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

"The Colonel's House" is one of the first stone residential buildings in Chernivtsi. Built in 1782, it was named after its first resident.

At the end of the 19th century, an officer's casino was located here. In the Romanian period, the building was called the "Officer's Club". During the Soviet era, the premises were used by the "House of Political Enlightenment".

Since 1983, the Chernivtsi Regional Academic Puppet Theater has been located here. During its existence, the theater performed more than 100 performances. The performances "Buka", "How the fox tricked the bear", "Baby elephant" are considered the best.

The imposing building of the Chernivtsi railway station in the Art Nouveau style was built according to the project of the architect Otto Vahner using the forms of the Vienna Secession fashionable at the beginning of the 20th century.

The main element of the decor is a portal with a stained-glass window made of a steel frame, symbolizing the gates of the city.

At the time of its opening, this stylish house was not inferior to the best European counterparts.

The one-story building of the Novoselytsia railway station was built in 1905.

It was from here in 1915 that the American writer-publicist John Reed began his famous journey through the Russian Empire, described by him in the book "War in Eastern Europe".

The ensemble of the former residence of the Orthodox Bukovynian and Dalmatian Metropolitans is the most popular monument of Chernivtsi, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011.

The residence was designed by the Czech architect Josef Hlavka in 1864-1882 on the initiative of the first Metropolitan of Bukocyna and Dalmatia Euhene Hackman. The buildings impress with their rich design, combining Romanesque-Gothic, Byzantine, Oriental, Moldavian, folk Bukovyinian and other stylistic motifs.

The closed complex of the residence of the metropolitans of Bukovyna, similar to a monastery, consists of three independent buildings, but united by a single idea: the Main (Metropolitan), Seminary (with the Church of the Three Saints), Monastic (House of Visitors). The buildings form a spacious courtyard, separated from the street by a fence with a monumental gate.

Among the rooms stands out the Synodal (Marble) Hall of the Main Building, painted by painters Epaminondas Buchevsky and Yevhen Maksymovych.

Currently, the main buildings of Yuri Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University are located in the complex of the residence of Bukovyna Metropolitans. Its territory and the university church can be inspected independently.

For those wishing to visit the interior, the Historical and Museum Complex of the Chernivtsi National University conducts daily guided tours, during which you can see the Marble, Blue and Red Halls. Groups are formed by appointment or directly on site.

Romankovetsky Park was established at the beginning of the 19th century by the landowner Vasyl Balanesku (Balonetskyi) on the basis of a natural forest park in which oak, hornbeam, sycamore, ash, aspen, birch, nectar-bearing linden, willow, acacia and other plants grew.

The development of the park based on the examples of classical European horticultural culture began in 1838 under the Krupensky landowners. They gathered here a unique collection of trees and shrubs from Europe, Asia and America, laid out promenades, and built an underground greenhouse.

A tunnel with a length of more than a kilometer leading to the local church has been preserved, as well as the remains of residential and commercial buildings.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Anne in the Neo-Gothic style was built in Storozhynets at the expense of Yerzhy Flondor and the parishioners.

Its tall bell tower with a clock can be seen from almost every part of the city.

In 1880, the shrine was expanded. In the 1960s, the church was closed, but in 1990 it was returned to the Catholic community of the city.

The wooden church of Saint Basil was built in Pidzakharychi in 1866 in a typical Hutsul style.

The upper part is covered with galvanized iron.

It is located in a cemetery located on a rise, from where a picturesque panorama of the Cheremosh valley opens.

The wooden church of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is located on the western outskirts of Vyzhnytsia, in the village of Rivnya.

Saint Demetrius Church was built in 1883. It resembles the earlier wooden temples of the Hutsul region found in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, but differs from them in the absence of a covered gallery and the significant displacement of the side extensions of the nave.

The Saint Demetrius Church is an outstanding monument of wooden Hutsul architecture of local importance.

The Church of Saint George is located in the center of Novoselytsia.

It was built in 1858 on the site of an old wooden temple known since the 15th century.

An archaic temple of defensive type, one of the oldest buildings on the territory of Bukovyna.

The Saint Illya Church was built in Toporivtsi in 1560 by the governor Myron Barnovsky. During the Turkish rule, the building was actively used as a fortress. It has thick walls without windows, loopholes are placed around the perimeter at the level of the roof, and a battle tier is hidden under the shingle roof. A square stone two-story bell tower was the main entrance to the temple grounds.

Currently, the Saint Illya Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, so local residents call it "Ukrainian".

The one-nave stone church of Saint John the Theologian without a dome was built in the 19th century as the ancestral burial place of the Counts of Kantakuzyn, who owned the village.

Part of the relics of the holy great martyr and healer Panteleymon, brought from Mount Athos by Count Oleksandr Kantakuzyn, who is considered a descendant of the Byzantine emperor Ioann VI Kantakuzyn, is preserved here. The box with relics was miraculously preserved during Soviet times, and now it is the main relic of the temple.

The original Orthodox Church of Saint Michael's in Vyzhnytsia is distinguished by its architecture in the Baroque style, uncharacteristic of Bukovyna churches.

Saint Michael's Church was built in 1924 by the architect Henrikh von Kosovskyi and originally had other domes. Its current appearance is the result of reconstruction after a fire that occurred in 1961 as a result of a lightning strike. The baths destroyed by fire were later restored in the Old Believer style - low and as if flattened.

Saint Michael's Church is an architectural monument of local importance. Belongs to the religious community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.