Attractions of Voronovytsia

The palace in the style of early classicism was built in Voronovytsia by the Polish tycoon Frantsysk Ksaveriy Grokholsky.

Construction lasted from 1770 to 1777. Architectural techniques are characteristic of the Italian school of architecture of the Palladio era. Perhaps the project was developed by the royal architect Domenico Merlini.

The main volume of the three-story palace with a portico and a pediment is complemented by side galleries that end in pavilions. The facade is decorated with stucco: wreaths, plant garlands and cow skulls (to ward off the evil eye). There are 43 rooms in the palace. The grand Oval and Round halls on the 2nd floor, where the decor has been preserved, are characterized by the richest decoration.

The palace is surrounded by a French-style park. A round water tower in the Romanesque style has been preserved in the park.

According to one version, in the middle of the 19th century, the estate belonged to Princess Karolina Sayn-Vithenshteyn, who in 1847 was a guest of the Hungarian composer Ferents List for several months, writing the piano cycle "Glanes de Voronovytsia" ("Ears gathered after the harvest in Voronovytsia"). which was based on melodies heard by List in Ukraine (according to another version, Vithenshteyn's estate was in Voronivtsi, Khmelnytskyi region).

In 1869, the manor was bought by captain II rank Mykola Mozhaysky (according to another version, he won at cards). His brother, Rear Admiral Oleksandr Mozhaysky, who lived here from 1869 to 1876, conducted research and experiments in the field of aeronautics. Here he made the first glider model, which was successfully tested in the nearby village of Potush. In 1882, in St. Petersburg, an airplane designed by Mozhaysky with steam engines became the world's first heavier-than-air aircraft to lift off the ground, but was damaged during tests.

In 1971, the Museum of the History of Aviation and Cosmonautics was opened in the premises of the palace, where the school was then located. Documents, photographs, books, personal belongings, drawings of Oleksandr Mozhaysky, a mock-up of an airplane of his design, as well as models of domestically produced airplanes, modern flight equipment form the basis of the exposition.

In one of the premises, a room-museum of the kobzar Volodymyr Perepelyuk has also been opened.

The wooden Saint Michael's Church in Voronovytsia is a typical 18th-century three-part Podillya church.

It is picturesquely located on the slope of the hill above the pond.

The interior is decorated with a painting of the 19th century and many towels with various embroidery, which give the temple a special color and comfort. The gilded carved iconostasis and the wooden carved portal from the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Voronovytsia stand out.

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael was built and decorated in Voronovytsia in 1793 at the expense of Frantsishek Ksaveriy Grokholsky.

The temple is made in the late Baroque style.

During Soviet times, the shrine was closed, and a cultural center was placed in the church premises.

Now the temple is active.

The Church of the Nativity of Holy Virgin was built in Voronovytsia in 1771-1777 at the expense of Mikhayilo ta Frantsishek Ksaveriy Grokholsky as a church.

At first it was wooden, but after the fire it was rebuilt in stone. Later it was rebuilt in the Orthodox spirit.

In Soviet times, the premises housed a cinema.

Now the temple is active.