Attractions of Skole

The palace and park in Skole were founded by Baron Yevheniush Kaminski in the middle of the 19th century, after he bought the Skole lands from his friend, Count Potocki.

At the end of the 19th century, the palace was rebuilt in the neo-baroque style by the Austrian baron Hermann Gredel and his brothers Bernard and Albert, who controlled the local industry.

The palace is located in the upper part of the city (Demnya district), next to the highway "Kyiv - Chop". The building is well preserved, but without interior decoration. A park with a fountain in front of the main facade is surrounded by an authentic fence.

Until 1956, the district branch of the NKVD was located here. Today it is a boarding school.

The National Nature Park "Skolivski Beskydy" protects the unique nature of the northeastern part of the Ukrainian Carpathians.

The park with an area of ​​more than 35,000 hectares was created in 1999 on the basis of the Skole Forest Reserve, declared here in 1983 for the purpose of protecting beech forests, as well as part of the territory of the Zelemin and Maidan landscape reserves, the protected tracts of Dubynske, Sopot , "Zhuravlyne".

The Skolivski Beskydy mountain massif is located between the Stryi, Opir and Myzunka rivers. The absolute heights in the territory of the park are from 600 to 1200 meters. Pure beech forests of natural origin have been preserved here, as well as reference spruce and fir forests (the trees are over 100 years old). Deer, roe deer, wild boar, wolves, bears, and if from rare species - badger, ermine, forest cat, lynx and others are found in them. In 1965, 10 bison were brought here from Bilovezshska Pushcha.

On the territory of the National Park "Skolivski Beskydy" there are such well-known natural attractions as the waterfalls "Kamyanka" (the village of Kamianka) and "Hurkalo" (the village of Korchyn), as well as the historical and cultural reserve "Tustan" (the village of Urych ).

Directly adjacent to the city of Skole is the protected tract "Pavliv Potik", in which there are two small waterfalls, sources of mineral water, Blackberry meadow.

Tents and bonfires are allowed in designated areas.

The wooden church of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleymon in Skole is said to have been founded in 1597 as the church of Saint Paraskeva.

Built by masters of the Boykyv school, three square log cabins are covered with four-sided tents. A special feature of the church's architecture is the two-tier solution of the babinets, which has a frame structure at the top of the walls, which brings it closer to some landmarks of the Boykyv type in Transcarpathia.

The square two-story bell tower was added in 1760.

During the Soviet rule, a museum of folk architecture was opened in the premises of the temple.

Today it is an active church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary was built in 1892.

Before that, there was a wooden church in Skole from the 17th century. The new stone Catholic church was built according to the project of the architect Alfred Kaminobrodsky and was donated by the parishioners.

After the Second World War, the church was closed, the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 1994, the church of Seven Sorrows in Skole was re-consecrated and restored.