Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The Bernardine Monastery in Hvizdets was founded in 1715 by Prince Mykhaylo Puzyna. The baroque church of Saint Anthoniy and the Bernardine monastery were built in 1721-1735 at the expense of Princess Puzyna from the Potocki family.

The complex also includes a belfry over the gate and several outbuildings.

The building of the great synagogue in Bolekhiv was built in 1789-1808.

Before the Second World War, more than half of the population of Bolehov consisted of Jews, but almost all of them were exterminated by the Nazis.

In Soviet times, the synagogue premises were used as a club. The building is currently in a state of disrepair.

The brown bear museum in Maniava was opened in 2006 on the initiative of the public organization "Our Home - Maniava". In this way, local residents honored the four-legged beast, which is considered the master of the forest, a symbol of power and part of local culture.

More than 80 "bear" exhibits are collected in several rooms of the premises of the Maniava village council, including a stuffed bear.

Also on display are souvenirs made by local residents, toys, Hutsul tiles, watches and much more. A gallery of paintings dedicated to the bear theme is on display.

Excursions are free, but voluntary donations are welcome.

Bukhtivets waterfall is located on the mountain river Bukhtivets in the village of Bukove.

Its height is 8 meters. The stream flows from the mountain and falls into the valley, cutting the rock with a narrow canyon.

In 1972, the Bukhtivets waterfall was taken under protection as a hydrological monument of nature of local importance.

Nearby is the 10-meter-high Krapelny waterfall, which got its name due to the fact that the water in it does not pour in a stream, but sprays in drops.

There is a picnic area near the waterfalls.

The Museum of Carpathian loggers-butynars is part of the "Butynar" eco-mansion, which opened in Kosmach in 2021.

At the heart of the open-air museum exposition (skansen) is a reproduced wooden hut of butynars, in which they lived while working in the mountains. In the hut you can see working tools and household items of loggers: saws, axes, wooden utensils, etc.

On the porch of the Hutsul hut, there is an exhibition of miniatures, which demonstrate the daily life of butynars. Another exhibit of the museum complex is a tavern.

In the yard - an ancient space carriage and wooden sculptures of mythical creatures from Hutsul folklore. Samples of Carpathian wood, old maps, and other tourist attractions of Kosmach are displayed at the stands.

The estate complex includes a rest house above the pond.

The monastery of the Catholic order of Capuchins was founded in Marynopil (Mariiampil) in 1742-1746 at the expense of the Bratslav voivode, Yan Kayetan Yablonovskyi.

In 1757, the construction of Saint Anthoniy's Church was completed. A collegium with philosophy and rhetoric classes, a school for orphans, and a hospital operated at the monastery.

Under the Austrian authorities, the monastery was handed over to the Sisters of Charity of the Order of Charits, and the church came under the control of the Greek Catholic community of Mariiampil.

In 1948, a boarding school was placed next to the monastery, then an LTP. Today it is the Halytskyi correctional colony.

The Carpathian Region Ethnography and Ecology Museum in Yaremche was founded in 1963 on the initiative of local historian Mykhaylo Muzych, who collected a collection of ethnographic works, historical and natural materials.

Since 2007, the museum in Yaremche has become a branch of the National Museum of Hutsulshchyna & Pokuttia Folk Art in Kolomyia.

Until 1993, it was called the Museum of Partisan Glory, as the main exposition covered the activities of Sydor Kovpak's partisan unit in the Carpathians during the Second World War. Then there was an exposition dedicated to the liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people, which told about the creation of the USS Legion, UGA, youth organization "Plast", the activities of the OUN, the struggle of the UPA and the division "SS Galicia".

An exposition dedicated to Hutsul ethnoculture has opened.

In the 17th century, Chernelytsia Castle was one of the most powerful eastern outposts of the Commonwealth of Nations.

It was built in 1659 by the Bratslav voivode Mykhaylo Chartoryskyi, as evidenced by his coat of arms "Pohon" on the gate tower. On the other side, there is the coat of arms of "Pilava" of the prince's wife, Yefrosyniya Stanislavitska (a legend is associated with her about the swarthy mistress of the castle, who committed suicide after cheating on her husband).

The castle is square in plan, with high walls on earthen ramparts and four bastions at the corners. It played an important role during the Polish-Turkish wars, Polish troops stored weapons and supplies here. The Polish king Yan III Sobieski repeatedly stayed in the castle during his Moldavian campaigns.

As a magnate's residence, the castle lasted until 1817, when its last owner, Mykola Tsensky, died. In Soviet times, a hospital was located on the territory.

Now the castle is in a dilapidated state.

Chernytskyi Waterfall waterfall is located in the village of Chernyk, village of Zelena, on the mountain river Chernyk.

The height of the Chernytskyi Waterfall is 7-8 meters. The waterfall is two-stage. At first, a wide stream of water falls from a height of 2.5-3.0 meters and is directed into a narrow, narrowing wedge-shaped channel, from which it then flies out with a roar and falls from a height of 4-5 meters.

The Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King in Ivano-Frankivsk is located in the suburb of Hirka. It was built in 1925-1939 according to the project of the architect Stanislav Trelya.

In 1961-1989, the shrine was closed by the Soviet authorities and was used as a warehouse.

In 1989, the future bishop Father Yan Olshansky consecrated the church. During 1990-1999, the temple was restored. An organ brought from the Netherlands is installed in the Church of Christ the King. There is also a copy of the "image" of the Mother of God of Chenstokhova (Belz) brought from Poland.

The Greek-Catholic church in the village of Staryi Uhryniv has a unique name - the Church of the Entry of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.

The wooden temple was founded in 1820, but in 1914 it burned down from a shell, and was later rebuilt (according to some reports, in 1924).

Andriy Bandera, the father of the UPA leader Stepan Bandera, served as a priest in the Staryi Uhryniv church, as evidenced by a commemorative plaque with a bas-relief.

The constructivist building of the city hall on Rynok Square is the most famous symbol of Ivano-Frankivsk. At the time of construction in 1932, it was the tallest building in the city (49.5 m).

The first wooden city hall on this site was built shortly after the founding of the city in the XVII century, but then it was repeatedly rebuilt. The most interesting from an architectural point of view was the town hall of Austrian times, which existed in 1871-1915.

In its current form, the city hall was built in the interwar period. Monolithic reinforced concrete walls could not be blown up by the German occupiers before the retreat in 1944.

In April 1990, the national Ukrainian flag was raised for the first time over the building of Ivano-Frankivsk City Hall.

The building houses several exhibits of the Museum of Local Lore: nature, history, folk art, archeology. There are rich collections of weapons and books, as well as antique furniture. In total – 120 thousand subjects. An interesting exhibit is a model of the old Stanislaviv of the Potocki era.

Branches of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore are the Prykarpattya Literary Museum in Ivano-Frankivsk, the Hutsulshchyna Historical and Local Lore Museum in Verkhovyna, the Ivan Franko Literary Memorial Museum in Kryvorivnia, the Mykhaylo Hrushevsky Historical and Local Lore Museum Museum in Kryvorivnia, and the Khata-Grazhda Museum in Kryvorivnia, the Les Martovych Literary Memorial Museum in Torhovytsia, the  Oleksa Dovbush Historical and Local Lore Museum in Pechenizhyn.

Numismatist meetings are held in the lobby every Sunday.

The Kolomyia City History Museum occupies the premises of the former county council, where the interiors of the XIX-XX centuries have been restored. During the Western Ukraine, the district military commandant Teodor Primak worked here.

The history of the city's development is presented in 18 exposition halls in documents, memorials and household items. Permanent exhibitions: "German colonies of Kolomyia", "Kolomyia and the Habsburgs", "Formation of Kolomyia at the end of the XIX - first half of the XX century", "Economy and trade of the city in the XIX-XX centuries", "From the history of the Jewish community of the city", " From the history of the Ukrainian ethnic lands of modern Poland until 1944. "

The exposition department of the Kolomyia City History Museum is the Museum of National Liberation Struggle, which opened in 2012 in the basement of the museum building. The exposition consists mainly of old photos of resistance members, which came from private collections. You can also see the clothes of rebels and political prisoners, fragments of weapons.

The Bolekhiv City History Museum named after Roman Skvoriy is located in a small old building in the central part of the city, which is an architectural monument of local importance.

The museum is named after Bolekhiv local historian Roman Skvoriy, who founded this institution in 1967 (a memorial plaque has been installed).The basis of the exposition was the collection of objects collected by Skvoriy, related to the life and social activities of the well-known resident of Bolekhiv, activist of the gender movement Nataliya Kobrynska (since 2005, this selection is presented in a separate museum of Nataliya Kobrynska).

Currently, the museum's exposition consists of six sections: "History of the Bolekhiv city", "Boykos Room", "Development of industry, education and culture in the 20-30s of the 20th century", "Second World War, victims of Nazi and Bolshevik occupation", "National and spiritual revival of our region", "The struggle of the Ukrainian people for the establishment of their statehood".

Among the exhibits: fragments of handwritten liturgical books of the 17th century, a series of photographs of sculptor Mykhaylo Chereshnevsky and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, notes of Taras Bobrynsky with Nataliya Kobrynska's own stamp, etc.

A monument to ukrainian sich riflemen, artist, sculptor and poet Mykhaylo Havrylko was erected near the museum.

"Stanislaviv Sea" - this is what the current city lake of Ivano-Frankivsk was called when it appeared in 1955.

The history of the construction of the city lake is as follows: on the territory of the former Potocki menagerie, where the Polish nobility and local residents used to love to hunt, a number of ponds were dug back in Stalin's times, which were connected by locks to the Bystrytsia-Solotvynska river. One day, the floodgates were opened, water filled the reservoirs, and as a result, a "sea" was formed.

Currently, the city lake is one of the main recreation areas of Ivano-Frankivsk. The most romantic place is the bridge leading to the "Island of Love". There is a boat station.