Attractions of Velyki Mezhyrichi

In the second half of the 17th century, the Lubomyrsky magnates, to whom Velyki Mezhyrichi belonged at that time, founded a Roman Catholic collegium.

In 1702-1725, the majestic church of Saint Anthony was built in the baroque style according to the project of the architect Voytsekh Lenartovych.

The church is stone, hall-type, with choirs, where the organ used to be. The interiors were decorated with rich stucco. The church is decorated with three pediments of late baroque character. On the altar side of the building, a two-story annex of the collegium with a library and an examination hall has been preserved.

Today, the church of Saint Anthony is in a very neglected state, although it is an architectural monument of national importance.

The Stetsky Palace in Velyki Mezhyrichi was built on a hill on which the castle of the Koretskyi princes stood in the Middle Ages.

In 1789, Ovruch mayor Yan Kazimezh Stetsky won this estate in a lottery and soon built a palace in the classicist style on the site of the castle according to the project of the royal architect Dominic Merlini.

The building is rectangular in plan, with two symmetrical risalites on the main facade, two porticoes and a belvedere. The front facade is accented with porticos of the Ionic order, and the garden facade is accented with a six-column portico with a balcony on the second floor. The central building is symmetrically adjoined by arched galleries-transitions connecting it with the outbuildings. The palace was surrounded by a park, at the foot of which was a trout pond.

During Soviet times, the Stetsky manor housed the Velyki Mezhyrichi special boarding school. The building began to be restored little by little.

The path to the palace passes through an apple orchard. The palace overlooks the church of Saint Anthony.