Attractions of Ternopil region

"Polupanivska Holy Mountain" is a landscape reserve created in 1994 on 11 hectares of the territory of the Medobory ridge.

Rare species of steppe vegetation and animal world are found here. The mountain is composed of reef limestones. The slopes are covered with huge boulders. The location of some stones in the form of dolmens gives reason to assume that in ancient times there was a pagan sanctuary on the mountain.

In the upper part of the mountain there is a healing spring with which the legend of the apparition of the Mother of God is connected.

The Holy Mountain is a place of pilgrimage for Christians of various denominations. In 2010, the "Way of the Cross" was opened on the territory of the "Polupanivska Holy Mountain" landscape reserve with 14 stations, on which sculptures illustrating the Passion of Christ were installed.

The castle in Zolotyi Potik was built in the 17th century by Bratslav voivode Stefan Potoski and his wife Mariya Mohylyanka (relative of the founder of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Petro Mohyla).

The fortress controlled one of the trade routes from Halychyna and Volhynia to Moldova and Pokuttia. The castle, regular square in plan, is located on a low hill in the valley of the Tatarka River. Of the four corner hexagonal two-story towers with loopholes, only three have survived, and even then with significant changes. The height of the walls is about 5 meters, the thickness is up to 2 meters. In the center of the north-eastern facade of the castle is a three-tier entry tower. Outside, the castle was surrounded by a rampart and a deep moat with water. There was a one-story palace on the territory, and in the middle of the yard - a well, which is associated with the legend of the origin of the name of the Zolotyi Potik (allegedly, during a long siege, the defenders of the castle, tired of thirst, found a spring, which they called "golden").

The Zolotyi Potik Castle was captured several times by the Turks and Cossacks, but each time it was rebuilt, and it has survived to this day in good condition. Currently there are workshops on the territory.

The small country palace of the Potocki magnates, who in the 19th century owned the neighboring Berezhany, was built on the site of the Synyavskys' old hunting lodge.

At different times, guests of the estate were Prince Ferents Rakotsi, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, Tsar Peter I.

The current palace building in Rai, rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century, is located on the territory of an abandoned landscape park.

For a long time, the premises were occupied by a children's sanatorium.

In 2022, the Potocki Palace became a shelter for people affected by Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

The palace and park complex in Mykulyntsi is one of the few examples of Empire style palace architecture preserved in Ukraine.

The palace was founded next to the Mykulyntsi Castle by Lyudvika Potocka in the 1760s. From the original building in the Palladian style (early classicism), the original wings have been preserved, connected to the palace by semicircular galleries.

In the middle of the 19th century, Baron Yan Konopka decided to create a balneological resort at the springs of hydrogen sulphide waters in Mykulyntsi. He thoroughly rebuilt the palace, giving it stricter features of late classicism (empire). The park facade of the building is decorated with an eight-pillar portico of the Corinthian order. From here, the landscape park descends steeply to the river, and the ruins of the castle adjoin it to the left. The front part of the palace is highlighted by a risalite with four wooden sculptures of Atlanteans and opens onto a regular parterre.

The last owner of the Mykulyntsi Palace was Countess Yuzefa Rey.

Currently, the Mykulyntsi Regional Physiotherapy Hospital is located here.

The abandoned Roman Catholic church is located in the cemetery in the southern part of the village of Kolyndiany.

It was built in 1870 as the ancestral burial ground of the Horodysky nobles. According to other sources, members of the Albinovsky family are buried in the basement of the church.

The cult complex in the village of Rukomysh arose around the cave temple of the Holy Sepulchre, founded in the 13th century by Kyiv monks who came here after the destruction of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The basis for the temple was a natural cave in the travertine rock, which was further expanded. Next to the temple there are several smaller grottoes-cells, cut out of the rock by hand.

Later, the monks moved to Buchach, where they founded a new monastery, and only a few elders remained in Rukomysh.

In 1768, the Saint Onuphrius Church was built at the foot of the rock. It houses a unique wooden sculpture of Saint Onuphrius by the outstanding sculptor Ivan Heorhiy Pinzel, discovered here by chance.

The complex also includes a pool for sanctifying water and a Stations of the Cross with several chapels.

A cascade of waterfalls on the small river Rusylivska, which flows into Strypa near the village of Rusyliv.

In total, there are 20 waterfalls with a height of 1.5 to 12 meters in a three-kilometer canyon hidden in a forest grove. The total height of the cascade is 150 meters.

The beauty and variety of forms of the cascade are complemented by the bright colors of the local nature: dark red soil, green leaves, a huge number of colorful butterflies and dragonflies.

The romantic Rusyliv Falls compete for beauty with the similar scenery of the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia.

The Museum of Sacred Art and Church History opened in 2007 in the Berezhany Town Hall on Rynok Square.

The exhibition presents more than 2,300 exhibits, including works of icon painting and sculpture, gold sewing and minting. The museum tells about the thorny path of religion in the Galician lands with periods of prosperity, decades of oblivion and revival in the late twentieth century. In particular, 12 old prints are presented: "Gospel" of the XVII century, "Minea", "Irmologion" and others.

The museum functions as a subdivision of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve in the city of Berezhany. In addition, the Berezhany Museum of Local Lore, the Berezhany Books Museum, and the Bohdan Lepky Museum are located in the premises of the Berezhany City Hall.

The Church of Saint Anna in Skalat was restored in 2002 on the site of the old Catholic church of the 19th century, which was blown up in the middle of the 20th century.

The church is made in the Neo-Gothic style.

It is located next to Skalat Castle.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Anna was built in Tovste in 1912 according to the project of the architect Teodor Maryan Talovsky on the site of the Roman Catholic monastery founded in 1717.

During Soviet times, the Church of Saint Anna was closed, the premises were used for economic purposes.

During the years of Ukraine's independence, Church of Saint Anna was returned to the Catholic community, and restoration is underway.

The beautiful neo-Gothic church of Saint Anna in Ozeriany was built in 1875 by Prince Leon Sapieha.

The project was developed by the Viennese architect Adolf Kuhn, the author of the Sapiehas Palace in Lviv. The exquisite portal is decorated with rich decor. The coats of arms of the Sapiehas have been preserved on the facade.

After the Second World War, the premises of the temple were used as a warehouse.

Currently, the church of Saint Anna has been returned to the Catholic community of Ozeriany. Its high silhouette is clearly visible above the surrounding buildings, from which side you would approach the village.

The Church of Saint Anthony in Zaliztsi was built in the 15th century.

It was rebuilt and replanned many times. The shape of the building combines Gothic and Renaissance. The church was thoroughly rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1730 by Yuzef Potocki, when the castle in Zaliztsi came into his possession after the Vyshnevetsky.

Remains of window decorations and wall decorations remind of the former beauty of the temple.

In the crypt lie the remains of the princes of the great Ukrainian Vyshnevetsky family.

The Catholic Church of Saint Anthony' and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Strusiv was built in 1894 at the expense of Yuzef Holukhovsky, the owner of Strusiv at that time.

In 1902, this temple was consecrated under the title of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Construction was conducted under the leadership of Jan Lesyk and was completed in 1903. In 1945-1990, the shrine was used as a granary.

A beautiful neo-Gothic building stretches to the sky with a high tower, which is crowned with a cross. There are two smaller towers on its sides. On both sides of the main entrance to the church there is a beautiful window in the shape of a rose. Gothic windows, tall and beautiful, decorate the building. In the highest tower of the temple there are a large and a small bell.

The ornate facade of the church is decorated with pointed conical tops rising with thin crosses, as well as a three-tiered tower in which the central entrance to the church is located in the form of an arch. Today, the church is in good condition and is an active temple.

The Church of Saint Anthony was built in the village of Losiachin the late 19th and early 20th centuries (according to other sources - in 1889) at the expense of the Holukhovsky family.

The Neo-Gothic style temple has a high pointed bell tower that dominates the surrounding landscape.

During Soviet times, the building of the Church of Saint Anthony was used as a warehouse. In 1990, the church was returned to the Losiach Catholic community.

The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel - the main architectural landmark of the village - catches the eye of everyone who passes through Tovste on the Ternopil-Chernivtsi highway.

It was built in the years 1912-1939 according to the project of the Polish architect Yan Karol Sas-Zubzhytskyi instead of the wooden temple dismantled before the First World War.

The influence of Neo-Gothic style can be felt in the architecture of Saint Michael's Church. Ternopil artist Teodor Vatsyk decorated the interior a lot.

Today it is an active Greek-Catholic Saint Archangel Michael Church.