Attractions of Lviv region

The "Pysanka" chapel was built in Mykolaiv in 2002. The unique temple in the form of an Easter egg was designed by the famous Mykolaiv sculptor Kostyantyn Malyarchuk, and the inspiration for its construction was local resident Omelyan Ivaniv.

The Easter egg chapel can be seen from all sides of Mykolaiv, as it was built at the highest point of the city - in the "Vysokiy kaminʹ" tract. There is no direct access to the chapel - you have to go up on foot.

The largest synagogue in Eastern Galicia was built in 1842-1865 for the numerous Jewish community of Drohobych, which played an important role in the economic life of the city.

Neo-Romanesque elements characteristic of the German "Rundbogen" style are used in the architecture of the temple. The synagogue in the German city of Kassel was taken as a model for the design. Along the perimeter of the inner walls, in each of the fields, there are 12 semicircular arches that correspond to the number of tribes of Israel. The combination of annexes and pylons gives the facade of the synagogue a monumental appearance.

After the end of the Second World War, a salt warehouse was placed in the premises of the Choral Synagogue, then a furniture store, and food warehouses were located in the annexes.

After Ukraine gained independence, the synagogue was returned to the local Jewish community. After the restoration, the synagogue was opened in 2018, and on July 3, 2019, the Torah was solemnly brought to the synagogue.

The Church of Christ the Savior (Church of the Resurrection) on Pekarska Street in Lviv was built in 1874 as a Roman Catholic church and monastery of the Order of the Resurrection.

The project was executed by the architect Alʹbin Zagurskyi, the main altar was designed by the architects Yan Tomash Kudelskyi and the sculptor Petro Harasymovych. In 1881-1882, a boarding house was added to the monastery. The final construction was completed in 1889.

In 1932, the interior of the church was painted in the Art Nouveau style by artists Kazymyr Smuchak and Stanislav Ehrenfeld.

Today it is the church of Christ the Savior of the Protestant community of the Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith

The city hall in the center of the Rynok Square of the city of Turka was built in 1907 on the site of the old wooden building of the magistrate.

Turka received the right to self-government in 1730. The new building of the city hall is made in the Art Nouveau style. It is still used for its purpose - it houses the Turka City Council.

Also in the town hall is the People's Museum "Boykivshchyna", which tells about the history and culture of this region. Permanent expositions: "History of Turka from ancient times to the present day", "Ethnography: clothing, household items", "Work tools in subsistence farming", "Room of the ethnographer Mykhaylo Zubrytsky", "Ukrainian diaspora".

The Neo-Renaissance-style Zhovkva City Hall is part of the Rynok Square ensemble.

The first city hall in Zhovkva was built by architect Peter Beber in 1687. A sundial and a sample arshin were placed on its walls. The old building was dismantled in 1832 due to its state of disrepair, and for a whole century the magistrate sat in the castle.

The current city hall was built in 1932. It was built according to the competitive project of the architect Bronislav Viktor on the site of the former barracks and casemates.

In pre-war times, the city trumpeter played the tune "heynal" at noon from the clock tower. Now, at noon, the bells of the clock play a part of the national anthem of Ukraine.

In the tower of the city hall there is a historical and local lore exposition "Museum "Zhovkva Tower" with access to the observation deck.

The historical and memorial museum of Colonel Yevhen Konovalets, one of the ideologues of Ukrainian nationalism, was founded in 1990 at the initiative of the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society in the family home of the Konovalets in the village of Zashkiv in the Lviv region.

In the first room, materials about Konovalets childhood and youth are presented: an entry in the record book about Yevhen's birth, photos of the Konovalets family estate, documents from the local branch of "Enlightenment" and the period of Konovalets studies at Lviv University, books from the Konovalets library.

The exposition of the second room tells about the military activities of Konovalets in 1917-1920 and the liberation movement of that time. Schemes of the most important battles of the units of the Sich riflemen are presented.

The main exhibition in the third room highlights the creation of the First Parade of Ukrainian Nationalists led by Yevhen Konovalets and the holding of the First Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, which founded the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).

The museum exhibition concludes with a documentary about the tragic death of Konovalets in 1938 in Rotterdam.

Among the family's memorial items: an image of Saint Teresa - a family heirloom of the Konovalets family, a napkin embroidered by Yevhen's mother, his father's chair, furniture from Konovalets residence in Rome.

Three oak trees planted by Yevhen Konovalets in honor of his sons Yevhen, Stepan and Myron grow in the yard. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Konovalets, a monument was erected.

The Colonel Yevhen Konovalets Historical and Memorial Museum is a sector of the Ukraine Liberation Struggle Museum, a department of the Lviv Historical Museum.

A large three-story building in the style of classicism, which now houses the Sambir branch of the Drohobych Pedagogical University, is considered one of the best buildings of old Sambir.

It was built in 1909 as a county courthouse on the site of the liquidated Bernardine monastery. A prison (now a correctional center) was built near the court. At the entrance to the prison, there is a monument to the victims of the Bolshevik terror, dedicated in particular to the political prisoners shot in the Sambir prison in 1941 before the retreat of the Red Army.

During Soviet times, the building of the county court was in the hands of the military. In 1999, the Faculty of Social and Humanities of Ivan Franko Drohobych Pedagogical University was opened there. There is a bust of Ivan Franko in front of the entrance to the building, and the square is named after the writer.

The monument to King Danylo Halytskyi, the founder of Lviv and the creator of the Galician-Volyn state, was erected for the 745th anniversary of the city.

Prince Danylo Romanovych from the Galician branch of the Rurik family united the country by force, defeating the regiments of Hungarian and Polish feudal lords, as well as Galician boyars in 1245.

The project of the monument to King Danylo Halytskyi in Lviv was developed by the sculptors Yarych and Romanovych, as well as the architect Churylyk. The monument is a bronze equestrian figure on a granite pedestal.

The Zhovkva Synagogue is an original and well-known religious building in the Renaissance style with Baroque elements, which was part of the system of city fortifications. The synagogue was adjoined by the city walls and the Jewish Gate, and it itself could have been a powerful defensive tower.

It was built in 1698 with the assistance of King Yan III Sobesky on the site of a burnt wooden synagogue.

In 1941, the ceiling and interior were destroyed by an explosion.

Until the early 1990s, the synagogue building in Zhovkva was used as a warehouse. Restoration is currently underway, and the opening of the Jewish Center of Galicia is planned.

The huge 16-meter stone-relic "Devil Stone", which gave the village its name, is located on the top of a hill on the southeastern outskirts of Pidkamin.

The uniqueness and grandeur of this natural monument have attracted people to it since ancient times. One of the legends says that devils brought a piece of rock from the Carpathians, intending to drop it on the Pochaiv Lavra, but God threw the stone aside. According to the scientific version, this is a fragment of an ancient coral reef.

6 grave pits were hollowed out on top of the stone. In pre-Christian times, there was a pagan temple here. During the times of the Galicia-Volyn principality, a defensive church was built on top, from which traces in the form of grooves and ditches remained on the surface.

Nearby are stone crosses of the 17th century.

Devil's Rock in Vynnyky is the highest point on the outskirts of Lviv (418 meters).

The rock consists of sandstones, the bizarre shape of which was formed as a result of erosion and quarrying of building stone.

Until the 18th century, the ruins of the fortress could be seen on the top of the Devil's Rock. During various wars, the rock served as a guard post, battles with Turks, Tatars and Bolsheviks took place at its foot.

Since the 19th century, Devil's Rock has been one of the most popular recreation spots for Lviv residents.

The Museum of the Sambir-Drohobych Diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was opened in Truskavets next to the Church of Saint Nicholas.

The exhibition tells about the life and activities of prominent figures of the Eastern Rite Catholic Church, such as Archbishop Yosafat Kuntsevych, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Patriarch Yosyp Slipy.

Ancient books, church utensils, other objects of sacred art are presented. Sacred relics of the museum: the relics of Saint Josaphat, a lock of hair of Metropolitan Andrey, the metropolitan's cape, personal belongings of Patriarch Yosyp, a copy of the charter of the Brest Union.

The church and monastery of the Discalced Carmelites of the Mother of God of Hromnycha was founded in Lviv by Yakub Sobeskyi, the father of King Yan Sobeskyi.

Construction began in 1644 and continued until the end of the century. The monastery complex with the church belonged to the Order of Discalced Carmelites until 1792.

The Baroque-style temple has the shape of a Latin cross, and its forms resemble the Church of Santa Susanna in Rome.

Now it belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as the Church of the Ascension of the Lord.

The current building of the Stryi City Council was built at the end of 1886 by the Austrian authorities as a district court complex with a prison. Under Polish rule, the building retained its profile, and during Soviet times it housed the city council.

In 1990, still under Soviet power, the national yellow-blue flag was raised on the flagpole above the city council for the first time in Ukraine.

A memorial to the victims of repression was opened on the territory of the former prison

The Dobromyl castle of the Herburt family is located in the middle of a beech forest on the Blind Mountain (Slipa Hora, 566 meters), 3 kilometers south of Dobromyl.

Lviv castelian Stanislav Herburt began to build it from stone and brick in 1566 on the site of a wooden fortification founded in 1450 by Mykola Herburt, but soon burned by the Tatars. In 1614, Yan Shchasny Herburt thoroughly rebuilt the fortress. The oval shape of the Dobromyl castle in plan corresponded to the outline of the mountain.

The ruins of the northwestern part have been preserved, consisting of the remains of a massive multifaceted tower (internal diameter of about 17 meters) and fragments of walls diverging from it, 25-26 meters long. The tower is two-story with an entrance gate. In the first tier of the tower, loopholes with arched lintels are placed on two levels. The second tier is separated by a small ledge. Its walls are pierced with rectangular windows. The tower is completed by a high attic with a decorative blind arcade, similar to the attic of the castle in Stare Selo. The defensive walls are completed with the same attic, the top of which is at the level of the second tier of the tower. The Renaissance attic somewhat softens the harsh appearance of the powerful walls (thickness reaches 2 meters). The loopholes of the lower tier of the tower with large chambers (internal) and side holes in the cheeks were intended for conducting cross fire.

The Herburts Castle has been abandoned since the 18th century. Unlike other castles of the palace type, it had exclusively defensive significance, and the living quarters were used only for temporary residence.