Attractions of Khmelnytskyi region

The Missionary Church of Saint Joseph in Zaslav (present-day Iziaslav) was built by the court architect of the Polish royal court, Paolo Fontana, who at the time served as an artillery lieutenant for the owner of the city, Pavlo Karl Sangushko.

One of the most interesting examples of late baroque in Volyn. In the 19th century, the cell building of the Lazarite monastery was added, which now houses the local pension fund and other organizations. The church is located next to the ruins of the Sangushko Palace, which is connected to it by an arched bridge.

The church has been partially restored, services are held. In front of the building there is a monument to the heroes of the Second World War - a self-propelled artillery installation.

The wooden church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Zinkiv was built in 1769. The temple is three-log, on a stone foundation. The log houses are faceted in plan, the same in height, united with the help of large arches into a single space. The cracks have a shingle coating. Carved choirs are arranged above the western part. Ornamental paintings have also been preserved.

During the reconstruction in 2007, the wooden annex through which the temple was entered disappeared. The old wooden belfry has not been preserved, a new brick one was built in its place.

Nearby is an old memorial cross (mid-19th century). The territory is well-kept and has a large number of green spaces.

From the top of the hill, where the Saint Michael's Church is located, a view of the village and the ruins of the Zinkiv Castle opens.

Saint Nicholas Church is the only building in the Old Town of Kamyanets-Podilskyi that has come down to us from the 14th century almost in its original form.

It was built by Armenian settlers under the leadership of Synan Kotlubey in 1398 on the basis of an older temple. The thickness of the walls of this squat defensive-type temple reaches one and a half meters. The austere image is complemented by small loophole windows and powerful buttresses supporting the walls. A traditional Armenian stone cross-hatcher is mounted in one of the buttresses.

The building is devoid of decoration both outside and inside. Repairs were carried out in 1544, 1701, 1804. At the end of the 18th century, a belfry was added to the western facade.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in Horodyshche was built in 1914 on the site of an ancient church known since 1569. Construction continued for 3 years by the forces of captured Austrian soldiers.

An underground passage connected the Saint Nicholas Church with the Nativity of the Virgin Monastery. A parish school operated at the church. There is a miraculous spring nearby.

The church of Saint Nicholas of the Dominican monastery in Smotrych has been known since 1375, when the city was owned by the Lithuanian princes Koriatovych.

It was originally made of wood and was located in the center of Smotrych Castle. As a result of numerous Tatar raids, the church was destroyed. Construction of the stone temple began in 1786 with the support of the Potocki family. In 1821, the construction was completed, and in 1837 the temple was consecrated as the Church of Saint Nicholas.

In 1935, it was closed by the Soviet authorities. Restored in 1990 by the efforts of Father Vanags and handed over to the Passionist Fathers.

The ruins of the huge Armenian Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, even in their current state, impress with the elegance of the fence fragments and the monumentality of the bell tower.

The temple is located in the center of the quarter, where Kamyanets-Podilskyi Armenians lived since the 14th century. The first wooden Armenian church was built in 1395, and it was rebuilt in stone in 1495. Built in 1555, the bell tower with loopholes and four observation towers above looks like a defense tower.

After the Turkish occupation of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the church was restored only in 1767 - already as a Catholic church. It was a majestic temple of Byzantine architecture with an octagonal dome and covered galleries around the perimeter.

In the 1930s, the temple was blown up. Now the preserved belfry houses a small chapel, which is used by the parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Restoration of the cathedral is planned.

The Dominican Church of Saint Nicholas, located at the highest point of the Old Town, is considered one of the oldest churches in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

Sung by poets as the "Pearl of Podillya", a beautiful temple of the region.

The Dominican monastery in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was mentioned for the first time in 1372. The church was made of wood, and in 1420 it burned to the ground. A new life was given to the monastery in the 16th century by the family of Potocki, who were cared for by the Dominicans.

During the Turkish rule, the church was rebuilt as a mosque in honor of Sultan Haseki's beloved wife, Rabia Gul-Nush. A white stone Muslim pulpit was installed in it, which has survived to this day.

The complete restoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas was completed in 1754 at the expense of Mikhal Frantsishek Potocki. On the facade, you can see the coat of arms "Pilyava" of the Potocki family and the sculpture "Dog with a torch" (Dominicans called themselves "Dogs of God"). To the left of the church is a two-story building, in which Pototsky lived.

Currently, the church belongs to the Catholic Pauline Order (Brotherhood of Saint Paul the First Hermit), restoration is ongoing.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnytsia is part of the ensemble of the estate of the palace and park complex in Samchyky.

It was built in 1771 by Kazymyr-Frantsysk Khoyetsky as a church of the Catholic Marian monastery. In 1789, when the Khoyetsky lost ownership of Samchyky, the new owners, the Lubomyrski, turned the church into a Greek Catholic church, and in 1837 it was already consecrated as the Orthodox church of Paraskeva Pyatnytsia.

Ancient paintings and wood carvings have been preserved in the interiors. The stone belfry used to be the burial crypt of the Khoyetsky family.

The Church of Saint Stanislav was built in 1989 on the site of the cemetery chapel - the only church preserved in Horodok during the Soviet regime.

The first wooden church in the city was founded back in 1496, and the previous church of Saint Stanislav, built in 1779 by Yan Zamoyskyi, was located in the center of the city.

The present church was built by the efforts of father Vladyslav Vanahs. The church of the Polish Army in Warsaw was taken as a sample.

In 2023, the sanctuary of Saint Anthony of Padua was established in the church of Saint Stanislav, which houses the miraculous icon.

The Dominican monastery with the church of Saint Vikentiy de Pol in Bilohirya was founded in 1612 at the expense of Pavlo-Kshyshtof Senyuta, who owned the city at that time.

The current building was rebuilt in 1789. The monastery existed until 1859, after which the church was rebuilt into an Orthodox church.

In Soviet times, the building was used for various institutions: a prison, a cultural center, a library.

Only in 1991, the church of Saint Vikentiy de Pol was returned to the Catholic community of the village. Currently, the church is being restored by the Pallottine Fathers of the Catholic Apostolic Society.

The Church of Saint Voytsekh in Hvardiiske was founded in 1594 by magnate Mykolay Herburt.

The first wooden temple was destroyed by the Turks. The current stone church in the late Baroque style was founded in 1753 (according to other sources, in 1763 by Marianna Hrabyanka from the Kalynovsky family, the wife of the owner Felshtyn (former name of Hvardiiske). The church was consecrated in 1790 (according to other sources, in 1791) In 1903-1906, reconstruction was carried out, two side chapels were added.

In Soviet times, the church of Saint Voytsekh was closed, the premises were used as a warehouse, a cinema, and a cultural center.

In 1990, the church was returned to the believers, it was re-consecrated in 1994.

The ruins of the palace complex of the Sangushko princes in Iziaslav are located on the right bank of the river Horyn on the territory of the New City.

The construction of his estate on the basis of ancient fortifications was started in the 18th century by the new owner of the city, Pavlo Karl Sangushko, inviting the architect Paolo Fontana. At different times, the princes received many prominent people here, in particular. Russian Tsar Peter I, Austrian Emperor Joseph II, the last Polish king Stanislav Avhust Ponyatovsky, generals Suvorov and Kutuzov.

Only the framework of the palace, the covered courtyard with arcades and the palace bridge remained from the grand architectural ensemble. Access is free.

The palace and park complex, fragments of which have been preserved in Antoniny, were created by magnates Sangushko and Potocki in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The palace-residence was built by the regent of the crown chancellery, Ihnatiy Malchevskyi, who had leased the estate from his wife's sister, Barbara Sangushko.

At the end of the 18th century, Prince Yevstakhiy Sangushko, who settled in Antoniny, significantly expanded and beautified the picturesque park laid out on the banks of the Ikopot river, and in 1803 he built a greenhouse. He also reconstructed the palace complex and decorated the interiors, inviting the architect Francois Arvo for this.

The last reconstruction in the late Baroque style was carried out by the Potoski at the beginning of the 20th century under the leadership of the celebrated Viennese architect Ferdinand Fellner, the author of the buildings of the opera houses in Odesa and Chernivtsi. The palace housed a large collection of works of art. There were over 3,000 varieties of flowers and shrubs in the park.

Most of the manor buildings were destroyed during the two world wars. A large two-story outbuilding (now a boarding school), a manager's house, a horse arena (now a gym), an entry gate and a fence have been preserved.

The estate in Krasyliv belonged to the Polish princely family of Sapieha since 1753, when Prince Ihnatsiy Sapieha, voivode of Mstyslavskyi, received Krasyliv with 30 other towns and villages as a result of the "Kolbushev Transaction" - a division of the Ostroh Ordinance.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Mykola Sapieha built a palace in Krasyliv in the style of classicism. During Soviet times, the building was rebuilt beyond recognition. The facade facing the park has been relatively preserved.

Today, the former Sapieha Palace houses the Krasyliv Vocational Lyceum.

The Sataniv Castle is located in the northern part of the village of Sataniv on the high bank of the Zbruch River.

The castle was built in the 15th century on the site of earlier fortifications of the 14th century by the Polish nobles Odrovonzh. At the end of the 16th century, it was expanded and received a pentagonal shape with corner pentagonal towers. From the middle to the end of the 17th century, it was destroyed during Tatar raids and Cossack uprisings. Simultaneously with the city fortifications, Sataniv was restored in 1724. Tsar Peter I visited the great crown hetman Adam Senyavskyi in the castle.

At the end of the 19th century, part of the castle premises was rebuilt as a sugar factory, which operated until the end of the 20th century. Currently, three pentagonal corner towers of the 16th century and an older round tower standing alone remain from the Sataniv Castle. The northern pentagonal tower was preserved only at the level of three tiers. The thickness of the stone walls is 1.5 meters. The total area of the castle is about 1.5 hectares.