Attractions of Uzhhorod district

The house-museum of the artist Fedir Manaylo is dedicated to the life and work of one of the founders of the Transcarpathian school of painting.

The museum was opened in 1981 in the house where Manaylo lived in the middle of the XX century in Uzhhorod. Here he taught decorative arts at the Uzhhorod School of Crafts and the Uzhhorod School of Applied Arts, worked as the chief artist of the Transcarpathian Regional House of Folk Art.

The museum exposition includes more than 2,000 exhibits, including personal belongings of the artist, documents from his personal archive, as well as works of art that acquaint with the work of Fedir Manaylo: paintings, graphics, scenery, etc.

The interior of the artist's workshop and living room has been preserved.

Fedir Manaylo Memorial House-Museum is a branch of the Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Yosyp Bokshay.

The giant oak in the center of the village of Stuzhytsia, nicknamed "Grandfather-Oak", is considered by ecologists to be one of the oldest in Ukraine - its age is estimated at 1200 years (according to old data - 500 years).

The girth of the tree trunk is 9 meters, the height is more than 30 meters.

According to legend, the acorn from which the oak tree grew was brought from Hungary by a huge fairy boar. There are many other legends associated with "Grandfather-Oak".

Bequeathed in 1968. It was considered the oldest until recently, until a tree of an even older age was discovered nearby - the Champion-oak.

The cobbled pedestrian street Korzo in the center of Uzhhorod connects Koryatovycha Square with Avhustyna Voloshyna Street.

Translated from Italian, "corso" means "place for walks". The name given to the street by the Druhets, the former owners of the city, is justified even now. This is a favorite place for walks of the citizens and guests of Uzhhorod - there are many cafes and shops, the facades of the old buildings have been restored, and the city services carefully maintain cleanliness.

The Krutylo waterfall on the small mountain river Turytsya is located in the Kychera tract about 2 kilometers upstream from the village of Lumshory, near the "Vodospad" camping site.

Along the river, you can see many small waterfalls up to 1 meter high. Krutylo is one of the largest, higher than 3 meters. Its powerful jet washed out a deep space in the rocks, which is well suited for swimming.

The longest linden alley in Europe stretched for 2.2 kilometers along the Uzh River in the city of Uzhhorod. The alley starts from Teatralna Square and stretches along Nezalezhnosti and Studentska embankments to the Avangard stadium.

The park-monument of horticultural art of local importance "Linden Alley" (Lypova Aleya) with an area of 1 hectare was laid out in 1928 by Czech botanists during the construction of the Uzh embankment. Currently, the alley has 191 linden trees, as well as 4 western thuja and 2 oaks. Due to the fact that lindens of various varieties are collected here, the alley blooms throughout the summer from the beginning of June, filling the air with honey aromas.

A separate botanical monument of nature of local importance is Masaryk's Ash, which grows at the beginning of the Independence embankment. The 120-year-old common ash tree, 30 meters high, wrapped in vines, is named in honor of Tomasz Masaryk, the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic, who defended the rights of Ukrainians.

The Mini-Statue of Freedom in Uzhhorod, which is also the smallest functioning lighthouse in Ukraine, was made by sculptor Mykhailo Kolodko in the style of Fernando Botero and installed in 2011 in honor of the Uzhhorod River Regatta.

The 17-centimeter-tall figure holds a lamp with a flashing LED. Little Freedom Lighthouse (Svobodka lighthouse) is installed on the railing of the bridge over the Uzh River.

The only monument to the postman in the country is installed in the park on the central square of Perechyn.

The monument is dedicated to Fedir Feketa, a resident of the village of Turya Remeta, who in the middle of the 19th century worked as a postman and every day covered 10 kilometers of the mountain road from his native village to Perechyn and back. He worked regardless of the weather, repeatedly met wild animals on the road, but he always delivered the mail on time, for which he received the respectful nickname "Ambassador" from his fellow villagers. After his death in 1839, grateful compatriots installed a memorial plaque on the local church with the inscription: "Fedir Feketa. In memory of the ambassador's kindness, sobriety, honesty, service."

The monument in Perechyn was erected in 2005.

A monument to the Transcarpathian artist Ihnatiy Roshkovych in Uzhhorod is located on the embankment, which used to bear his name, next to the pedestrian bridge.

At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Roshkovych became famous for his sacred paintings of many churches in Europe, in particular. St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest and the Transfiguration Church in Uzhhorod.

Sculptor Mykhaylo Kolodko depicted the artist at work on the cityscape of Uzhhorod with the embankment and the bridge over the river. Moreover, the bridge in the picture looks as it was during Roshkoviych's time.

A similar monument will be erected in Budapest.

"Mustard Seed" Lane (Mustard Lane) in Uzhhorod is a reconstructed corner of the old town.

The colorful shopping arcade in the center of Uzhhorod was created in 2010 for family recreation. A 70-meter pedestrian lane connects Koryatovych Square and Oleksandra Fedynetsa Street.

The architectural solution of Mustard Seed, designed by Mykhailo Kolodko, is made in the unique old style characteristic of Uzhhorod in the 1930s. Along the passage, there are cafes and pastry shops, small shops, a children's hairdresser, as well as a coffee museum with a coffee map of Uzhhorod. There is a place for the stage.

A particularly romantic atmosphere prevails here in the evenings, when the warm lights of retro-style lanterns are lit.

The private wine-making enterprise of the famous Transcarpathian winemaker Oleksandr Kovach in the village of Kontsovo.

Oleksandr Kovach, head of the Association of Private Grape Growers and Winemakers of Transcarpathia, is a multiple winner of wine competitions and festivals in the region. His farm produces wines of several varieties: Pinot Noir (red dry), Red Bay (red dry blended), Cabernet Sauvignon (red dry), Ca-Mer (red dry blended), " Rosalin" (pink semi-sweet blend), "Chardonnay" (white dry), "Italian Riesling" (white dry), "Royal Leanka" (white semi-sweet).

Tastings are held.

The Local Lore Museum museum of the city of Perechyn opened in 2019 in the century-old building of the gendarmerie from the times of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

Some original interior elements have been preserved in the room: wooden windows and doors, a tiled stove, tiles on the floor.

The exposition reproduces the history of the city of Perechyn through the prism of times and nationalities that lived here. In particular, the daily life of Ukrainians, Italians, Germans, Hungarians, and Austrians is presented.

Also, in the museum, you can learn about the history of the central street of Perechyn and its industrial districts Yaslyshche and Potashnya, about the first pharmacy of the city, about the history of education in the region, and about prominent locals.

Workshops on pottery and vechernika are held with the participation of the "Karichka" team.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Avhustyn in Perechyn was built at the beginning of the 20th century with the assistance of a local forestry plant, as many foreign specialists from Catholic countries worked at the enterprise.

The initiator was the Italian Hayotto Franchesko, who purchased a plot of land and allocated part of the funds for construction.

The church was consecrated on the day of Saint Avhustyn, receiving its name in his honor.

The temple in the eclectic style is small, but tall (34 meters) and very slender, directed to the sky.

The Orthodox Saint Nicholas Church is located on an elevation in the center of the city.

The first wooden Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas in Perechyn is mentioned in 1751. It was located on the territory of the cemetery a little higher than the current stone temple, which was built in 1763-1769. Its high bell tower, added in 1810, is clearly visible on the hill of Hurka, a little outside the city center.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker rises above the center of Perechyn with two slender towers.

The temple was founded in the 18th century. During Soviet times, the Saint Nicholas Church was closed, the building was neglected and falling into disrepair. Reconstruction was completed in 2002. The relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker are kept here.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Yuriу (George) was built in the 17th century by the ruler of Uzhhorod Yuriy Druhet, who converted to Catholicism, on the site of the Lutheran church that he destroyed.

The construction was continued by his heir Miklosh Bercheni. In the 18th century, the temple was rebuilt in the neo-baroque style, the famous master Yanosh Lukach worked on the design. A clock has been installed on the bell tower, which has been running for more than 150 years.

In the interior, the unusual neo-baroque altar of 1895 by master Lukash Yozhef Krakker deserves special attention.