Attractions of Terebovlia

The Carmelite monastery-fortress with the Renaissance Church of the Assumption was built in Terebovlia on the banks of the Hnizna River in 1617 at the expense of Petro Ozhyha.

Surrounded by a fortress wall with four corner towers with loopholes. The most notable building of the monastery is the former Terebovlia parish church, the construction of which was completed in 1639. A miraculous icon of the Mother of God was kept here, which is now in Gdansk.

In Soviet times, the premises of the Carmelite monastery housed a Christmas tree toy factory.

In 1990, the complex was handed over to the community of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church was rededicated as the Orthodox Church of Saint Volodymyr, a seminary was opened in the monastery premises.

The museum room of the Terebovlia Vocational College of Culture and Arts was opened in 1982.

The exposition consists of three chapters that tell about the history of the city of Terebovlia, the founding of the school in 1940, its famous graduates.

Documents, photos, books, dissertations of students are presented.

The defense church of Saint Nicholas is one of the oldest buildings in Terebovlia.

Built on the border of the 16th and 17th centuries. It was reconstructed in 1734, at the same time a bell tower was built.

The fact that the Saint Nicholas Church performed the functions of a defensive structure is reminiscent of a closed battle line with loopholes.

The ruins of the Terebovlia Castle are located on a hard-to-reach mountain in the northwestern part of Terebovlia.

Fortifications existed here even in princely times, when the settlement was owned by Prince Vasylko Rostyslavych. By building a new royal castle in 1366, the Polish king Kazymyr III approved Terebovlia as a border fortress of the Polish state.

The last rebuilding of the fortress was carried out in 1631 by the city mayor Oleksandr Balaban. It had an irregular shape, consisted of three towers, defensive walls, ditches and ramparts on the most vulnerable northern side.

The castle survived several Tatar raids. It became famous during the heroic defense in 1675, when the commandant's wife Zofiya Khshanovska managed to raise the fighting spirit of the city defenders who were preparing to surrender, and the castle withstood the Turkish siege (in the 18th century, grateful residents erected a monument to Khshanovska, which was later lost and restored in 2012 year).

The last Tatar siege in 1687 turned out to be fatal - the castle was burned and was not rebuilt after that. In the 1930s, the ruins were preserved, a park was laid out on the defensive ramparts (commemorative plaques with the names of patrons were mounted in the castle wall). The best-preserved oval tower (bastei) "Rondel", from which a wonderful panorama of the city opens.

The two-story City Hall in Terebovlia was built in the 18th century.

In addition to the governor's residence, a Polish school was located here until 1890.

During the First World War, the building was destroyed, then rebuilt with a slightly modified bell tower. A weathervane in the form of the city's coat of arms is installed on the top, and a core found in the fortress is on the front wall. In 1970, the tower clock was restored.

Currently, the town hall is used for its intended purpose - it houses the Terebovlia City Council.

There is an observation deck on the third floor of the town hall tower.

Terebovlia Museum-Workshop is a former Terebovlia District Museum of History and Local Lore, founded in 1999.

Located in the former house of the Deputy Chief of the Terebovlia railway station.

The exposition presents archeological materials about the ancient history of the region, objects of the princely era and the Middle Ages, the antiquity of the Terebovlya region as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The exposition also tells about the events of the Second World War, the development of the national liberation movement and some modern events.

Among the unique exhibits is the zither of the Ukrainian composer Yevhen Kupchynskyi.

A separate exposition is dedicated to the first patriarch of the UGCC, a native of the village of Zazdrist Yosyp Slipy.

The museum-workshop offers master classes on casting plaster figures, knitting dolls, making candles, soap making, painting porcelain, glass and eco-bags.

The Terebovlia Tourist Information Center and a souvenir shop operate at the museum. A variety of tours of the city and its surroundings are offered, including a night torchlight tour with a guide in the image of Prince Sanhushko.