Attractions of Deliatyn

The local lore museum in Deliatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, is located in the old villa of the lawyer Mykola Lahodynsky, a member of the Austrian parliament. It is an asymmetric one-story building in the Austrian style, on one of the corners of which there is a two-story tower, and on the other – a small attic.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the famous Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna, who worked in Lahodynsky's law office, lived here. It was he who founded the "Prosvita" society in Deliatyn, the "Ruska Kasa" and "Silsky Gospodar" organizations, participated in the development of the "Sich" society. One of the exhibition halls of the Deliatyn Museum of Local Lore is dedicated to the figure of Cheremshyna.

Also, the museum exposition highlights the history of Deliatyn and its surroundings, introduces the peculiarities of culture and lifestyle of its inhabitants. Among the exhibits are ancient icons, sculptures and paintings, ancient tools, traditional clothes. A fragment of a wooden aqueduct is presented.

The Church of Saint Francis in Deliatyn was built in 1857.

The Austrian emperor Franz Joseph came to Deliatyn and took part in the foundation of the temple, pouring gold ducats into every corner. He personally planted four cedars brought from Vienna near the church.

The Church of Saint Francis is built in the Romanesque-Gothic style. The temple was consecrated in 1882.

In 1945, the Soviet authorities closed the church, the premises were used as a military warehouse. In the 1970s, it housed one of the workshops of the local lumber mill, and then it was simply left unattended and falling into disrepair.

Thanks to scientist Volodymyr Klapchuk, who tried to preserve the church by setting up a museum in it, the church was recognized as an architectural monument. In 1992, after the restoration of Ukraine's independence, the church was returned to the Roman Catholic community of Deliatyn.