Attractions of Pidhaitsi

The ruins of the Church of the Holy Trinity are the main attraction of Pidhaitsi.

The church was built in 1634 by the Potocki magnates on the site of a previously destroyed church in 1463. The bell tower of the church (1643) was built in the Renaissance style and has a defensive tower. Belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.

Today, the state of the church is in a state of emergency, no restoration work is being carried out.

The museum in Pidhaitsi was created in 1993 as a museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on the initiative of the "Union of Ukrainian Women" in the basement, where NKVD officers once tortured political prisoners. In 2002, the Pidhaitsi Region History and Local Lore Museum was created on the basis of the UPA museum. Currently, the museum is located in the former building of the Ukrainian People's House in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

The museum's exposition is presented in three thematic sections. The first hall is dedicated to the archaeology of the region and the history of the liberation struggle in Pidhaitsi. It exhibits a collection of memoirs of former soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army "In the ranks of the UPA", the chronicle "Unforgettable summer and autumn of the 1991 independence uprising", materials "Celebrating the 60th anniversary". Of great value is also the translation from the Russian journalistic work of Ivan Bilas "The Repressive and Punitive System in Ukraine in 1917-1953", written on the basis of research into archival materials, which reveal the insidious technology of combating the national liberation movement of the OUN-UPA, which was practiced by the NKVD.

The second hall is an art and journalistic hall. It houses paintings and literary and journalistic materials by local historians and former residents of the Pidhaitsi region who now live abroad.

The third hall is an ethnographic hall. It presents exhibits reflecting the culture and life of the peasants who lived in the region during the 19th century.