Attractions of Lviv region

The historical and memorial complex "Prison on Stryiska" was opened in 2013 in the former torture chamber of the NKVD, which was located in the inner courtyard of the District Court building in Drohobych.

During the Second World War and in the first years of the Soviet occupation, at least 1,200 residents of Drohobychchyna were tortured and shot here.

The former building of the Imperial District Court in Drohobych is one of the most beautiful in Drohobych, but at the same time it is a symbol of totalitarianism and repression of the four occupation regimes. The three-story building in the historicist style was erected at the beginning of the 20th century, becoming one of the largest courts in Galicia. In addition to 20 judges, there was a court office and a temporary prison. In the interwar period, the Polish authorities placed a city court here.

The same premises were also used as a court during the German occupation of 1941-1944. But the most terrible glory of the "Drohobych torture house" was acquired in the years 1939-1941 and 1944-1959, when the Drohobych Directorate of the NKVD was located here with an internal prison, where local residents were tortured and shot en masse.

Currently, it is the building of the Institute of Physics, Mathematics, Economics and Innovative Technologies of the Drohobych State Pedagogical University.

In 2013, on the site of the former torture chamber, the memorial "Prison on Stryiska" was created according to the project of Drohobych architect Maksym Chirka, and a museum, which is a subdivision of the Drohobychchyna Museum, was opened.

The exhibition tells about Stalin's terror and repression in the western Ukrainian lands: the occupation and establishment of Soviet power in Drohobych region, the creation of Drohobych region, the repression of the NKVD-NKGB in Drohobych region. A photo-martyrologist of NKVD-NKGB victims is presented. The review of the personal belongings of the tortured, instruments of murder and torture, found during the research of the territory of the former torture chamber, causes special excitement.

The triptych monument "Awakeners" in Stryi is dedicated simultaneously to three of the most outstanding literary figures of Ukraine, whose work gave impetus to the awakening of Ukrainian national self-awareness in the people: Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, and Lesya Ukrayinka.

Authors of the sculpture: Vasyl and Volodymyr Odrekhovski. The monument consists of three full-length bronze sculptures, which are placed in arch niches under a common high openwork three-sided white marble arch. The monument is crowned with a decorative eye bell, which symbolizes the call for the unification of the nation.

The Museum of Academician Filaret Kolessa was opened in 1971 on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of this outstanding Ukrainian composer and ethnographer, who is considered the founder of Ukrainian ethnographic musicology.

The museum is located in one of the rooms of the People's House of the village of Khodovychi, where Kolessa lived a significant part of his life. In the village, he collected more than 225 songs of various content, genre palette and melodiousness.

The exposition presents materials about the life of a world-renowned scientist. There are personal belongings of Filaret Kolessa: a violin, a phonograph, a suit, family photos, as well as his letters, original manuscripts, collections "Street", "Branches", "Our Thought", "On a Generous Evening" and others. The bust of the scientist, made by the sculptor Yakiv Chaika, is presented.

The column of Adam Mitskevych is one of two monuments to the outstanding Polish poet created in Ukraine for his centenary (the other is in Ivano-Frankivsk).

The idea of the monument project as a column was proposed by the writer Adam Krekhovetskyi. The ceremonial laying of the first stone in the pedestal on Mariatska Square (now Adam Mitskevych Square) took place on the day of Mitskevych's century in 1898.

The construction of the monument lasted five years, it was opened on October 30, 1904. It is considered one of the best monuments to Mitskevych in the world.

The Church of All Saints in the village of Hodovytsia was built in 1751-1758 by the prominent Lviv architect of Italian origin, Bernard Meretyn.

Lviv Archdeacon Stefan Mikulsky provided the funds for the construction. This is one of the projects on which Meretyn worked together with the famous sculptor Ivan Pinzel. The sculptor made an altar, some sculptures of which are now on display in the Pinzel Museum in Lviv and in the Olesko Castle. Paintings by the artist Oleksandr Rolinsky have been preserved in the interior. The baroque pediment of the church is decorated with characteristic decorative stone vases.

Later, the church in Hodovytsia served as prototypes for several more churches in the "Meretyn" style, which were created according to the architect's typical projects. The crucifix and the miraculous image of Mary with the baby were exported to Poland.

Meanwhile, the Church of All Saints in Hodovytsia has been abandoned since Soviet times and is gradually falling into disrepair.

The Roman Catholic Church of All Saints in Khodoriv was founded in 1460 at the expense of Yuriy Khodorovskyi.

The wooden temple burned down several times. The current stone church was built in 1777-1779 at the expense of the Zhevusky nobles according to the project of Florian Rikhter.

During the Soviet rule, the church premises were used as a shop and a sports hall.

Now the church of All Saints has been restored. The interiors were not preserved.

National Museum in Lviv named after Andrey Sheptytsky presents an outstanding collection of works of Ukrainian national culture and art.

More than 175,000 exhibits reflect the evolution of Ukrainian art culture over nine centuries. Of particular value is the collection of sacred art of the XII-XVIII centuries.

The institution was founded in 1905 by the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky as the "Church Museum", in 1913 it was solemnly donated to the Ukrainian people. The work on the organization of the museum was headed by Professor Ilarion Svyentsitsky, Ivan Franko, Mykhaylo Hrushevsky and others took an active part in its development.

In the spacious exhibition halls of the main museum building there is a permanent exhibition of "Ukrainian art of the XII - early XX centuries", presenting the pearls of the national and world art treasury. Among the works of Ukrainian medieval sacred art there are ancient icons: "Yuriy Zmiyeborets" (XIV century), "Archangel Michael with deeds" (XIV century), "Saint Paraskeva Friday" (XIV century), "Virgin Hodegetria" (XV century) and others. The book collections include the Buchach Gospel (13th century), the Pandects of Antiochus (1307), the editions of the first printers Shvaypolt Fiol, Frantsysk Skoryna, Ivan Fedorov, and others. Graphics, sculpture, folk art are also presented.

The departments of the Sheptytsky National Museum are the exposition "Ukrainian Art of the Twentieth Century" in the historical building of the museum, art and memorial museums of Ivan Trush, Oleksa Novakivsky, Olena Kulchytska, Leopold Levytsky, arranged in the former homes and creative workshops of these outstanding Ukrainian artists.

Mineral water springs No. 25 and No. 26, located next to each other on the edge of the forest near the "Zeleniy Bir" sanatorium in the southern part of the resort, are called the "Andropov Source" in Skhidnytsia.

According to its chemical composition, these are weakly mineralized, hydrocarbonate-sulfate-calcium-magnesium waters of the "Naftusya" type. They are mostly used to treat urological diseases.

The popular name "Andropov Source" is connected with the fact that in the 1980s, Soviet Secretary General Yuriy Andropov was treated with water from these springs. According to legend, water for him was delivered first by helicopter to the nearest military airfield, and then by jet military plane directly to Moscow.

The Annunciation Basilian Monastery in Pidhirtsi, or simply the Pidhirtsi Monastery, was founded in the 17th century on the hill on which the ancient Rus city of Plisnesk (10th-13th centuries) stood during the early Middle Ages.

Back in 1180, Princess Olena, daughter of Prince Vsevolod of Belz, founded the first monastery at this place. The defensive ramparts of the hillfort have been partially preserved around. The baroque Saint Onufriy church with a sundial on the facade was built in 1750. A magnificent three-dimensional iconostasis with sculptures by Pavlo Hizhytskyi has been preserved.

In 1861, the first memorial service for the death of Taras Shevchenko in the western Ukrainian lands was held here.

Now the complex belongs to the Greek Catholic Church. The full name of the monastery is the Monastery of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the rank of Saint Basil the Great.

Excavations are underway on the site of an ancient Rus temple.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin in Horodok was built in 1633 on the site of a wooden church that was moved here in 1547 from the suburbs.

In 1869, the perimeter walls were strengthened with an inclined stone plinth, and powerful buttresses were installed on the northern side. In the 1880s, wooden baths were replaced by stone ones. Later, a chapel was added to the northern wall. In the 1950s, an iconostasis was built in the church.

The Church of the Annunciation got its modern appearance as a result of numerous reconstructions. The last restoration was carried out in 1938.

As an architectural monument, the Church of the Annunciation in Horodok is an excellent example of Renaissance architecture in Ukraine.

Belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The palace in Mostyska was built at the beginning of the 19th century for Antoniy Strakhotsky. At that time it was a separate village of Rudnyky in the northern suburbs of Mostyska, which has now merged with the city.

The author of the palace project was probably the architect Fryderyk Bauman, who was popular at that time. The palace in the romantic style has two wings connected by a rotunda tower with a spired roof under tiles, and resembles a defensive castle. The main entrance to the palace is similar in architecture to a temple, it has a neo-Gothic pincer, pointed arches of the loggia, which are supported by columns. At the entrance, guests were greeted by reclining lions. Near the palace there was a large greenhouse, similar to a Gothic chapel, and a park with a pond. In the middle of the reservoir on a small island there was a gazebo.

After the death of Antoniy Strakhotsky, the estate with the palace passed to Count Borkovsky, and later to Count Kholonevsky. Since 1914, the village of Rudnyky has been owned by the Lantsyutsky Bank, which received it from the last owner for debts.

During the First World War, the former Strakhotsky estate housed the headquarters of the Eleventh Russian Army, which was besieging the Peremyshl fortress, and it was in this palace that the act of surrender of Peremyshl was signed.

During the Second World War, the palace building was damaged. The large library and collection of works of art, exquisite dishes and metal products were looted. The greenhouse and picturesque chimneys on the roof were destroyed.

After the Second World War, the Soviet authorities placed a school in the palace, which is still there today. Inside the premises, the remains of stucco have been preserved.

The museum-manor of the family of the Ukrainian poet Bohdan-Ihor Antonych has been operating since 2009 on the territory of the former presbytery in the village of Bortiatyn in the Yavoriv region, where the family of the Greek Catholic priest Vasyl Antonych lived in the first half of the 20th century.

Their son - poet, novelist, translator, literary critic Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, author of the popular carol "God was born on a sleigh" – often came to visit them. By the centenary of his birth, the presbytery was completely restored.

In five spacious rooms there is an exposition created as a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion. In the center of the exposition is a sculpture of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, depicted under the dome of a mirror, symbolizing the night sky covered with stars.

The museum's exhibits introduce Antonych's life and creative path, the history of the formation and development of the Greek Catholic Church in Mostyshche region. Among the authentic objects are window frames and doors from the poet's Lviv apartment, personal belongings of the Antonych family, archival photos, books, manuscripts, as well as household items donated to the exhibition by the residents of the village. 

An avenue of sculptures based on Antonych's poems has been created in the yard.

Archaeological Museum of the Institute of Ukrainian Studies named Ivan Krypyakevych of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has been working in Lviv since 2001.

Located in the historic building of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, that previously led the Ukrainian archaeological research in Galicia.

The museum presents artifacts from the Paleolithic to the late Middle Ages, found in Western Ukraine.

Along with the original artifacts of stone, bone, horn, clay, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, life-size reconstructions of Paleolithic housing methods (more than 50,000 years ago) during the existence of the Trypillya culture (IV-III millennium BC), in the early Slavic period (V-VII centuries AD), the ancient methods of leather processing, drilling of stone axes, making pottery, smelting iron, etc. were reproduced.

In total, more than 2,000 exhibits were presented.

The wooden church of Archangel Michael in the city of Komarno was built in 1754.

One of the best examples of the Galician school of folk architecture. The three-log three-headed temple has undergone several reconstructions, the last of which, carried out in 1965-1967 under the leadership of architect Ivan Mohytych, returned it to its original appearance.

An interesting feature of St. Michael's Church is the east log with archaic tiny niches to the north and south. In the interior there is a monumental painting of the 18th century.

To the west of the church is a three-tier bell tower with a tented finish, the lower tier of which is surrounded by a porch on brackets of the original structure.

Nearby is the new brick church of Saint Michael the Archangel (1910).

The Church of Archangel Michael in Pidberiztsi near Lviv was built in 1891-1892 according to the project of the famous architect Ivan Levinsky.

The baptistery church was built in the neo-Byzantine style. With the assistance of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi, in 1907-1910, the interiors were decorated with a magnificent monumental painting by the famous artist Mykhaylo Sosenko in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

Saint Michael's Church in Pidberiztsi belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.