Attractions of Mariiampil

The "Bible Garden" in the village of Mariiampil was founded in 2011 by a native of the village, professor of Ivano-Frankivsk Medical University Volodymyr Botsiurko. It is located on the Saint Mary square in front of the Exaltation Church, which locals previously used as pastures.

On an area of ​​one hectare, only those plants that are mentioned in the Bible grow here. The Mariiampil "Bible Garden" has 25 species of such trees and shrubs.

Cedars were planted first, because according to biblical legends, it was cedar that was made the cross on which Jesus was crucified. There are also willows, sycamores (or fig trees), plane trees, maples, paradise apples, olive trees, berry yew, beeches, almonds, etc. One of the most interesting plants in the garden is the ash tree, known as the "Moses bush". It grows next to the sculpture of Moses, as it is associated with the biblical legend of the bush that did not burn.

The entrance to the garden is decorated in the form of the gates of paradise, where guests are greeted by sculptures of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. There are many other sculptures and installations on the territory that illustrate biblical plots. In the center is a sculpture of the Mother of God of Mariiampil, which is made according to the model of the miraculous icon of the same name.

The territory is very competently planned and allows you to take a kind of excursion through the main milestones of the Holy Scriptures.

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 Mariiampil castle on the high left bank of the Dniester was built in 1691 by the famous Polish commander, the great crown hetman Stanisłav Yablonovsky.

In the 12th-15th centuries, there was an ancient Rus settlement of Chortopil on this place, and later - a wooden castle of Bozhiy Vydok. Yablonovsky Castle was named Mariiampil in honor of the icon of the Virgin Mary "the Victorious", who accompanied the hetman in all his military campaigns. The fortress had four defensive towers, two entrance gates, a residential building and garrison barracks, a siege well.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, part of the defensive structures were dismantled for the construction of a new palace, which has survived to this day (now a hospital). A 600-year-old oak tree grows in front of the palace, and an ancient park is located behind the house.

There is a healing spring at the foot of Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora).