Attractions of Ternopil region

The Berezhany Museum of Local Lore is located on the second floor of the Berezhany Town Hall, which is an architectural monument of national importance.

Built in 1803-1811, the two-story town hall building with a clock tower reflects the typical Halician style of provincial urban planning of the early classicism period. It is the central architectural dominant of the Rynok Square in Berezhany.

On the ground floor there were shops, and on the second floor in 1805 the Berezhany Gymnasium was opened, where the writer and educator Markiyan Shashkevych and the writer-literary critic and public figure Bohdan Lepky studied.

The Berezhany Museum of Local Lore opened here in 1980. The museum exposition is opened in 26 halls: "Natural Hall", "Archeology Hall", "Middle Ages and Cossack times in Berezhany", "Berezhany Gymnasium - center of education, science and culture", "Literary Berezhany", "Plast History and Political Repression Hall", "World War II", "Boyan Choir", "National Revival Hall", "Lemko Room", etc.

The model of Berezhany Castle attracts the attention of visitors, as well as exhibits that tell about the history of the Sieniawski family and the birth of Berezhany, the coat of arms of the Potocki dynasty.

Valuable artifacts are an authentic Cossack battle braid, Cossack cradles, a spearhead and a Cossack pistol.

A separate exposition is devoted to the history of the USS (Ukrainian Sich Riflemen) in the Berezhany region, in particular the battle on Mount Lysonya.

In addition, the Berezhany Town Hall houses the Regional Communal Museum of Bohdan Lepky, the Museum of Sacred Art and Church History, and the Berezhany Book Museum.

The Bernardine church and monastery was founded in Husiatyn in 1610 by the Polish magnate Valentiy Oleksandr Kalynovskyi, who handed over the first wooden church to the Bernardine brothers.

10 years later, the future Crown Hetman Martyn Kalynovskyi started the construction of a baroque stone church and a two-story monastery building. In 1648, the monastery was destroyed by the Tatars. It began to be restored after the liberation of the city from Turkish rule, and was completed only in 1728.

Under the Austrians, the church became a parish church, and under the Soviet authorities it was closed. The revival began in 1991 with the efforts of the Franciscan brothers. Currently, it is the Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the building needs restoration.

The strict complex of defensive monastery buildings of the Bernardine order rises above the city on Storozhisko hill.

It was built in the 17th century in the Baroque style at the expense of the great crown hetman Mykola Synyavsky. The central building is the Saint Nicolas church with a stone fence, which gives it a pronounced defensive appearance. Being near the city walls, the temple was part of the system of city fortifications.

During the Soviet era, the monastery cells were used as cells in a penal colony for minors.

After the independence of Ukraine, services were resumed in the Mykolaivska church - the monastery church became the church of the Pratulin Martyrs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, whose activities were prohibited in Soviet times. At the expense of parishioners, the dome with the cross was restored in the church, works on the restoration of the church are ongoing.

A picturesque panorama of the old city opens from the height of the monastery hill.

The Regional Municipal Museum of Bohdan Lepky in Berezhany opened in 1995 in the Berezhany City Hall on Rynok Square.

It was here that the Berezhany Gymnasium was located from 1805, where the outstanding Ukrainian poet, writer, literary critic and public figure Bohdan Lepky studied and later taught. Here he began to write his first poems and stories.

The main fund of the Bohdan Lepky Museum has about 3,500 exhibits. The exposition in six halls consists of lifetime editions of the writer's works, original photographs, various documents, textbooks, publications in German magazines and paintings. 

In addition, the Berezhany City Hall houses the Berezhany Museum of Local Lore, the Museum of Sacred Art and Church History, and the Berezhany Book Museum.

Brewery "Mykulinetsky Brovar" in Mykulyntsi is considered one of the oldest breweries in Ukraine.

The date "1457" is indicated on the labels of the signature beer "Mykulyn", to which the first mention of the brewery in Mykulyntsi is attributed - in the description of the military campaign of the Polish king Yan Olbracht to the Moldavian principality, but in fact this campaign took place 40 years later.

The first documentary mention of Mykulyntsi beer is found in Austrian sources in 1698. Industrial production of beer was organized in Mykulyntsi by Count Mechyslav Rey in 1885, establishing the production of three varieties: "Lezhak", "Firmove" and "Bik".

In 1939, the plant was nationalized, during Soviet times they produced "Zhygulyvske", "Ukrainian" and "Ryzhke" beers, then "Double Golden" and "Berezneve" appeared.

In 1995, "Mykulinetsky Brovar" LLC was established on the basis of the plant. Currently, the assortment includes about a dozen varieties of live unpasteurized beer, including premium-class ones.

Excursions and tastings are held.

The ruins of the defensive Buchach Castle, which protected Buchach from the Tatars and Turks since the 14th century, stand on a hill in the center of the city.

The fortress was founded in 1379 by the local magnates Buchachskyi, and three centuries later it was fortified by the new owners Potocki. In 1648, the Cossack army tried to capture it, and in 1665 and 1667 it was unsuccessfully besieged by the Tatars. Only in 1672, the Turkish army was able to capture the city and the fortress was destroyed.

The Potocki tried to restore Buchach Castle, but in the 19th century it finally lost its significance and was almost completely dismantled for building materials.

Fragments of walls and towers have been preserved.

Buchach Town Hall is a wonderful baroque creation of the Lviv architect Bernard Meretin, and is a hallmark of the city.

The 37-meter-high town hall was built in Buchach at the expense of Mykola Vasyl Potoski. The two-story tower rests on a two-story cubic base. Initially, the town hall was crowned with an 18-meter spire (replaced by the current dome after the fire of 1811) and decorated with 17 sculptures by the outstanding sculptor Ivan Pinzel on the theme of the struggle between good and evil. Most of the sculptures were destroyed by a fire in 1865, four of them survived only in fragments.

Thanks to the sophisticated synthesis of architecture and sculpture, the Buchach Town Hall is considered an outstanding work of world architecture of the late Baroque era.

Restoration is currently underway, and the creation of the Ivan Pinzel Museum is planned. The lost sculptures are planned to be replaced with copies. The restored clock on the top tier strikes every quarter of an hour, and every hour plays the melodies of Ukrainian songs.

In 2014, a monument to Pinzel was erected in front of the town hall.

The Carmelite monastery-fortress with the Renaissance Church of the Assumption was built in Terebovlia on the banks of the Hnizna River in 1617 at the expense of Petro Ozhyha.

Surrounded by a fortress wall with four corner towers with loopholes. The most notable building of the monastery is the former Terebovlia parish church, the construction of which was completed in 1639. A miraculous icon of the Mother of God was kept here, which is now in Gdansk.

In Soviet times, the premises of the Carmelite monastery housed a Christmas tree toy factory.

In 1990, the complex was handed over to the community of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church was rededicated as the Orthodox Church of Saint Volodymyr, a seminary was opened in the monastery premises.

The ruins of a poorly preserved castle built in the 17th century on a mountain surrounded by the Drapaka stream. The name of the founder is unknown.

The castle in Vysichka was quadrangular, with four corner towers. In 1672, it was captured by the Turks, and in 1675, the Polish king Yan Sobeskyi stayed in the castle with his army.

In 1820, the owner of Vysichka, Mariya Holiyovska-Charkovska, built a palace in the Neo-Gothic style on the territory of the dilapidated castle. In 1900, Kyrylo Charkovskyi ordered the castle walls and the entrance tower to be dismantled, as well as the moats to be filled in.

The palace was completely destroyed during the Soviet rule. In fact, only one castle tower has survived. Another is in ruins, and only the foundation remains of the third. One of the utility rooms and some basement rooms have also been preserved.

The ruins of the castle tower in Ozeriany are located in the very center of the village near the crossroads.

The castle probably dates back to the 17th century, when Ozeriany belonged to the Polish king. The castle controlled the salt road that runs through the village. The walls of the surviving tower are 1 meter thick. The rectangular tower measures 10 by 7 meters.

Only the first tier and the dungeon have survived.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Ternopil is a surprisingly beautiful temple, one of the best examples of the Podillya architectural school of the 17th century.

The church was built in 1602-1608 by a craftsman named Leontii near the eastern city gate. It acquired a modern appearance as a result of further reconstruction and restoration in 1937.

Now it belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The main shrine is the icon of the Mother of God of Ternopil.

The cave monastery in Monastyrok was founded in the 9th-10th centuries by hermit monks on the site of an ancient Slavic pagan temple.

It is noticeable that human hands put effort into the arrangement of the natural cave. A huge stone overhanging the entrance to the cave is supported by several columns made of flat stone blocks.

In the temple there is an image of Jesus, which, according to legend, came to the monks in the form of a play of light and shadow. They drew this image with paint and got what we can see now.

An ancient altar is also preserved in the cave, which is still used for its intended purpose. It is decorated with icons and lamps. Archeologically, it has been proven that the temple was lined with wood, had a wooden floor and may have been heated.

At the end of the 17th century, the temple was destroyed by fire, and in the 18th century it was destroyed by an earthquake.

Back in the 16th century, the Basilian Monastery was founded nearby. The complex includes the Ascension Church (XVI-XVIII centuries) and monastery cells. Near the entrance to the cave lies a stone with a cross carved on it, which is called the "stone of Dovbush". Perhaps it was a pagan altar.

The early Christian cave temple near the village of Stinka in Ternopil region belongs to the 12th-13th centuries.

The natural cave of karst origin is located on the left bank of the Dniester at an altitude of 15 meters. On the second level, an artificial room measuring approximately 8 by 9 meters was cut out of the travertine rock. In the center of the eastern wall is an altar with a solar sign in the form of a swastika. Crosses and other Christian and pagan symbols are depicted on the walls.

Probably, the temple existed even in pagan times, and with the advent of Christianity it became a cave monastery.

Two round Gothic crenellated towers at the bottom of the giant crater are the remains of the ancient Chervonohorod Castle, the history of which dates back to the 9th century, when there was an ancient Rus settlement called Chorlene Mistechko (later it was called Chervonohorod, Chervonohrud, Chervonohrad).

In 1351, the Rus-Lithuanian princes Koriatovychi (Koryatovychi) built a wooden castle in Chervonohorod for protection from the Tatars. At the beginning of the 17th century, the royal elder Mykola Danylovych built a new stone castle at the bend of the Dzhuryn River, which was later destroyed by the Turks. The picturesque ruins served as the basis for Prince Karol Poninsky to build a magnificent Gothic palace in 1870 (architect Yulian Zakharevych).

The estate in Chervonohorod was considered one of the most elegant tycoon residences in Poland. Until 1939, Princess Lyubomyrska lived in the Chervonohorod castle.

By the middle of the 20th century, the estate fell into disrepair, during the Soviet rule, most of the buildings were dismantled for building materials. Nearby you can see the ruins of the Peter and Paul Church of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the abandoned cemetery with the Poninsky tomb, as well as the remains of the hydroelectric station near the Dzhuryn waterfall.

Descent into the canyon to Chervonohorod - 2.5 kilometers of rather steep ground, which in bad weather can be difficult for cars to pass. Lately, there is an entrance fee, walking is free.

The stone Chortkiv Castle at the foot of the Vygnan mountain was built in 1610 by the new owner of these lands, Stanislav Holsky, on the site of the wooden fortress of the Princes of Chartkivsky.

The pentagonal fortification with towers at the corners, inside which the palace and farm buildings were located, was considered a typical defensive structure of its time, but it had an unfortunate strategic position - the castle was repeatedly destroyed. In particular, in 1648 it was stormed by the troops of Maksym Kryvonos, and in 1672 it was captured by the Turks.

In the 19th century, the representatives of the Potocki princely family tried to restore the castle, for some time it was owned by the order of Carmelite sisters, but it remained uninhabited and gradually fell into disrepair. During the 20th century, it was used as a warehouse. Until recently, it was owned by one of the city's utility companies.

Currently, Chortkiv Castle is under the protection of the National Reserve "Castles of Ternopillya". Archaeological research and conservation work are underway. It is planned to create a museum and a cafe.