Attractions of Mykhailivka

Mykhaylivsky Park is a park-monument of garden and park art of national significance. The total area of ​​the park is 15 hectares.

In 1720, Mykhaylo Makovetsky began the construction of a defensive castle in Svystivka, which he renamed Mykhailivka. In 1848, his son Stefan-Frantsishek developed a project for the development of the fortification. So the old garden was transformed into a landscape park.

The next owner of the estate (Stefan-Leon) completed the reconstruction of the castle into a neo-Gothic palace and the arrangement of the park. Among other things, banana yuccas grew here. Research was conducted in the field of breeding and acclimatization. At the beginning of the 20th century, visitors could buy seedlings of rare trees, shrubs and flowers. Pedestrian paths were laid and park sculptures were installed. An openwork bridge led guests from the park to the island.

During the Soviet-Ukrainian war, most of the buildings were destroyed. Only separate elements of the grotto on the lake and the foundation of the stables of the Makovetsky manor have been preserved.

In the 1920s, the park was transferred to the Kamyanets-Podilskyi Agricultural Institute. Professor Oleksiy Lypa noted the collection of woody plants, which includes about 250 taxa.