Attractions of Zhmerynka district

Sharhorod Center of Contemporary Art "Sharhorod Rafinad" was opened in 2009 in the old premises of the former sugar factory at the expense of entrepreneur Oleksandr Pohorilskyi.

The former factory forge has been transformed into an art workshop. The museum exhibits the works of artists Alisa Yoffe, Dmytro Butov, Anatoliy Osmolovsky, as well as Volodymyr Lohutov.

A contemporary art festival is held on the basis of the center. The center of craft arts "SharKraft" is active. There is a hotel.

The Holy Trinity Brailiv Monastery, founded in 1635 in Vinnytsia on the initiative of the magnate Mykhaylo Kropyvnytskyi, has occupied the complex of the former Catholic monastery since the middle of the 19th century.

In 1740, Voivode of Volyn Frantsishek Potocki founded it as a monastery of the Catholic Trinitarian order. The monks of this order, exotic for Ukraine, specialized in the redemption of Christians from Turkish captivity. The first monastery buildings were wooden. The construction of the current architectural ensemble was completed in 1778 by the Podillya magnate Stanislav Potocki. The monastery consisted of a church with a tall baroque tower and cells attached on both sides. In 1787, the Polish king Stanislav Avhust specially visited Brailiv to admire the monastery's paintings by the artist John Prachtel (buried on the territory), which are now partially restored.

After the Polish uprising of 1831, the Trinitarian monastery was closed, and in 1845 the Trinity Convent from Vinnytsia was transferred to it. During the reconstruction, in order to give the church an Orthodox appearance, a tented finish was added to the tower, a small figure of eight was erected over the gable roof, and a gate in the Moscow Baroque style was built in front of the entrance.

The main shrine is the icons of the Brailiv-Pochaiv Mother of God and the Brailiv-Chenstokhova Mother of God.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Murafa was founded in 1624 by Dominican monks who came to the village at the invitation of Jadwiga Yazlovetska-Belzhetska, the granddaughter of the great crown hetman Yuriy Yazlovetsky.

Until 1850, there was a Dominican monastery near the church, surrounded by defensive walls with corner towers (the north-eastern hexagonal brick tower and a section of the southern and eastern walls have been preserved). A two-story building of cells in the Baroque style has also been preserved.

The church was damaged during the War of Liberation, but was restored at the expense of Count Yoakhim Karol Potocki, which is reminded of by his family coat of arms, a commemorative plaque and a portrait in full dress above the side door. After the reconstruction, the temple retained its baroque features, emphasized by the architecture of the portal with two high towers.

After the closure of the monastery by the Russian authorities, the Church of the Immaculate Conception became a parish church, it remained active even during almost the entire Soviet period. Thanks to this, not only the exterior decor, but also the interiors with stucco, stained glass, and wall frescoes have been perfectly preserved.

The main shrine of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Murafa (XVII century) in the main altar.

The Carmelite monastery was founded in Bar in 1531, but soon the wooden buildings were destroyed.

In 1616, the construction of a college and a Jesuit monastery was started on the ruins. It, in turn, was destroyed during the Liberation War of 1648-1654, but the stone monastery building was partially preserved. Reconstruction began in 1701 and continued intermittently until 1787.

The church and the cell building are made in the form of a single building in the Baroque style, which looks little like a temple. In 1908, the belfry over the gate was built.

For some time, the complex belonged to the Orthodox Church, but now its owners are Benedictine missionary sisters.

The Orlovsky Palace in Severynivka was built at the beginning of the 19th century and has remained almost unchanged to this day.

Severyn Orlovsky was a stingy person and did not want to invest a lot of money in the construction of a magnificent palace according to the project of a famous architect. From the outside, the building was quite modest, but from the inside it was impressive with luxury and splendor.

The richest collections of paintings, silver, ancient coins, stamps, etc. were gathered in the palace. Unfortunately, the interiors were not preserved. Some paintings from the Severynivka Palace are now exhibited in museums in Warsaw and Kyiv.

A park was built around the palace, the architect of which was Dionysius Mikler. At the end of the park there is a sandstone rock that offers a magnificent view.

Next to the palace, a large-scale building of the former arena with a gate has been preserved.

During Soviet times, the palace building was covered with tiles. Currently, the Severynivka Rehabilitation Hospital is located here.

The Potocki Palace in Noskivtsi dates back to the 17th century.

Originally, the house in the Romanesque style was attached, had an arched entrance and an underground passage. In the 18th century, the Potoskis rebuilt their manor house, turning it into an eclectic two-story palace (now in poor condition). The main rooms were located on the second floor (fragments of the decor have been preserved).

At the end of the 19th century, the landowner and philanthropist Yuliya Pashchenko, being a fan of the talented poet Semen Nadson, invited him to Noskivtsi for treatment and rest. The nature of Podillya inspired Nadson, who lived here in 1885-1886, to create many new poems.

The park and the ruins of the arena with stables along the road to the palace have also been preserved. In Soviet times, a secondary school was located on the territory of the manor, which now houses the local history museum and the Semen Nadson room-museum. Recently, part of the palace was damaged by fire.

The Regimental Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in 1904 for the 9th and 10th Rifle Regiments of the 3rd Rifle Brigade quartered in Zhmerynka.

The military temple was built according to the typical project of the architect Fedir Verzhbytskyi. In total, more than 60 such churches were built in the Russian Empire.

During Soviet times, the Saint Nicolas Church, located on the territory of the military unit, was deprived of domes and a bell tower. In 2005, a new iconostasis was installed in the newly opened and restored church at the expense of local patrons.

The Sharhorod Museum of Fine Arts represents the works of Ukrainian artists of the 60s and 80s of the 20th century: Odaynyk, Derehusov, Lemeshko, Lozovy, Shchebryakov and others.

The greatest value is the tapestry "Sharhorod - the land of Podillya", created according to the sketches of a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Yuriy Kyzymov.

The palace of the Shchenovsky landowners in the village of Nosykivka is one of the little-known architectural monuments of Vinnytsia region, an example of Podillya manor construction at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century.

Until 1905, the estate in Nosykivka was owned by the Korevytsky landowners. After the fire that destroyed the manor house, Stanislav Korevytsky sold it to Stanislav Shchenovsky, the son of the Polish sugar farmer Ihnatsiy Shchenovsky from Kapustiany. Shchenovsky built a new palace in the style of romanticism and laid out a large decorative park with a pond. In Soviet times, it housed a hospital, a pharmacy, a school and a post office.

The estate is located on a hill in the middle of an old park. It is surrounded by a wall with a guard at the gate. The palace is decorated with a decorative tower that overlooks the surrounding area. Stucco decor and fragments of wooden decorative elements in the neo-Gothic style have been partially preserved in the interior of the palace.

The restoration and transformation of the palace into a tourist attraction is planned at the initiative of the activists of preservation of historical and cultural heritage.