Attractions of Sheptytskyi

The Sheptytskyi branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion is located in the Potocki Palace, which is an architectural monument of local significance.

Krystynopil Castle was built in the 18th century by French architect Pyer Riko de Tirredhelli for members of the powerful Polish landowner Potocki family. In its architecture, the building combines two styles: Baroque and Early Classicism.

The Potocki Palace had about 40 rooms, several salons, a large ballroom, a Chinese study and a library. The architectural complex also included kitchen buildings, breweries, distilleries, barracks, stables and other utility rooms. The current appearance of the palace has changed significantly due to numerous fires and alterations.

The Museum of Religion has been located there since 1990. The main exposition tells about the history of Krystynopil (Sheptytskyi) in the XVII-XIX centuries and its founders.

There is also a collection of embroideries and other clothes of the former Sokal County, antique household items, a model of the palace complex.

In the basement there are samples of bricks used during the construction of the palace.

The monastery and the church of Saint George were founded in Sheptytskyi by the Belz voivode Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki in 1763 for the Greek-Catholic order of the Basilians.

In 1771-1776, a stone church and cells were built on the site of the wooden buildings according to the project of the architect Yohan Kasper Zelner. The architecture combines features of late baroque and classicism.

The monastery was liquidated in 1946 by the Polish authorities. In 1980, a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism was opened in the church building, and an art gallery was opened in the cells. In 1989, the museum was moved to the Potocki Palace, and the temple complex was handed over to the Greek Catholic community.

The Cathedral of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr was built in Sheptytskyi at the beginning of the 18th century in the Baroque style as the Catholic Church of the Sending of the Holy Spirit in the Bernardine monastery complex.

It is the oldest building in the city, the most visible building in Sheptytskyi.

It was founded in 1692 together with the monastery of the Roman Catholic order of Bernardines. After a fire that destroyed the wooden structures, the complex was rebuilt in stone in 1760 at the expense of Yuzef-Felitsian Potocki. The interiors were painted by Dzhuzeppe Baltsani and Stanislav Stroinsky.

In 1951, the temple was closed. In 1988, the building was handed over to the Orthodox community, rebuilt as an Orthodox church and rededicated as the Orthodox Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr.

The Sokalshchyna Museum was opened in 1981 to mark the 30th anniversary of Sheptytskyi's accession to Ukraine.

About 1000 exhibits: a unique collection of works of folk art, household items, antique furniture. The specificity of the museum's exposition is that it presents the folk art of Sokalshchyna region, very original and original, which testifies to the sophistication and talent of Sokalshchyna residents.

The exposition includes "Dobryachyn" black-and-white embroidered shirts, bouquets of spring flowers on "Zavyshenski" shirts. Sokalshchyna is famous for its masters of embroidery: black embroidery is a rarity of the museum, each shirt is an exclusive product, and no ornament is repeated. Samples of wedding costumes impress with their sophistication - in one shirt the master used 6-7 different techniques.

The pride of the museum is an exhibition of unique samples of black ceramics and unique Easter eggs by Taras Horodetsky. Also interesting is the interior of Sokalshchyna okal housing in the late XIX - early XX centuries.