Attractions of Skala-Podilska

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Skala-Podilska in 1719 at the expense of Valentiy Mezheyevsky, who owned the city at that time.

Made in the Neo-Gothic style, the spire of the belfry was completed in the 19th century. The bell tower is decorated with a tower clock installed during the reconstruction in 1852. At the same time, the church building was surrounded by defensive walls with corner towers.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed, it housed warehouses and a power plant.

Currently, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary has been returned to believers and restored.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Skala-Podilska was built in 1882 on the site of the old wooden Greek Catholic church founded in 1720.

The new stone church was built by the efforts of Father Kelestyn Kostecki. It was the first stone Greek-Catholic church on the outskirts.

In 1896, in the Nicholas Church, the historian Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi married Maria Voyakivska, who worked as a teacher in Skala.

In 1946, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. The altar wall has been decorated with a mosaic panel of Saint Nicholas since 2011. Nearby is the "Korolyvka" spring, from which, according to legend, Prince Danylo Halytsky drank water.

The ruins of the medieval castle in Skala-Podilska are located on a high rock on the right bank of the Zbruch River.

The construction of the castle began in 1331 by princes Koriatovych (Koryatovych), who owned Podillya at that time, on the site of an old wooden fortification. In 1516, the Kamyanets chief Stanislav Lyantskoronsky restored the castle destroyed by the Tatars, supplementing it with powerful walls and bastions. In 1648, it was captured by Cossack troops, then it repeatedly changed hands during the Polish-Turkish wars.

In the first half of the 18th century, the headman of Skala, Adam Tarlo, rebuilt a palace in the baroque style with magnificent decor on the ruins, but only a few years later the building burned down due to a lightning strike. Since then, the castle has not been rebuilt. In Soviet times, the ruins were preserved.

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