Attractions of Zbarazh

The huge church of Saint Anthony, which is the central building of the Bernardine monastery, is clearly visible from the castle hill.

The monastery was founded by Prince Yuriy Zbarazky in 1627, the construction of the original complex was completed in the 1650s by the efforts of Yanush Korybut-Vyshnivetskyi and his wife Yevheniya. In its current Renaissance-baroque form, the church was rebuilt in 1723-1755 at the expense of the Kyiv voivode Yuzef Potoski (architect Yan Hants). A philosophical school, then a gymnasium, and a hospital worked at the monastery.

During Soviet times, the complex was abandoned, but in 1990 it was returned to the Bernardine family. Restoration is underway, services are held.

The interior contains altars with sculptures by Anton Osinsky (18th century), fragments of frescoes from the 18th-19th centuries.

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ was built in Zbarazh in the 18th century at the expense of the burgher Hryhoriy Hymonyuk, the construction was completed by Count Mykola Potoski.

Made in the Ukrainian Baroque style. It was preserved in a slightly modified form as a result of large-scale restoration works in 1879-1933.

Today, the church is active and belongs to the Greek-Catholic community of the city.

The Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a former Trinitarian church-monastery, built in 1755-1758.

After the order of the Trinitarians ceased its activities in the city, the church was taken over by the Ukrainian community. At the beginning of the 20th century, a bell tower was added. In Soviet times, a local history museum was located here. In 1990, restoration was carried out.

The baroque church is part of the complex of the former Felician nunnery (XVIII century), which now houses the Theological Seminary named after Cyril and Methodius.

An ancient stone mill on the Hnizna River, a monument of industrial architecture of local importance. In this place, a dam has been built on the river below the castle.

The building is in a dilapidated state.

The well-preserved Zbarazh Castle has been the residence of Lithuanian princes and Polish nobles for centuries.

The construction of a new fortress instead of the fortress in Stary Zbarazh destroyed by the Tatars was started in 1620 by Princes Hristofor and Yuriy Zbarazkyi, who commissioned a project in Venice from the famous architect and engineer Vinchentso Skamotstsi. His work embodied the advanced achievements of the art of fortification of that time.

The castle consists of a Renaissance-style palace, casemate ramparts surrounding it, an entrance tower and a moat. In the courtyard there is a siege well 70 m deep, connected by underground passages with the Bernardine monastery at the other end of Zbarazh.

In the 17th century, the new owners of Zbarazh Castle, Princes Vyshnevetskyi, fortified it with four bastions. In 1649 the castle withstood a seven-week siege of Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Cossack army, and in 1734 it was captured by the Haydamaks.

Potocki magnates in the XVIII century turned the military fortress into an ordinary palace estate.

During the first half of the XX century the building was severely damaged during the wars, and only in 1985 the restoration was completed. The State Historical and Architectural Reserve was established on the basis of Zbarazh Castle, it is the center of the Ternopil Castles National Reserve.

Archaeological and ethnographic expositions have been set up in the premises, a collection of weapons is on display, unique works of wood carver Viktor Lupiychuk are on display, and the diorama "Siege of 1649" is being created.

In one of the casemates there is a restaurant "Legend", in the manor house (XIX century) on the outskirts of the park opened the hotel "Hetman".