Attractions of Transcarpathian region

An elegant palace in the neoclassical style was built in Velyki Lazy in 1896 by the Hungarian composer and local landowner Nandor (Ferdinand) Ploteni.

In the middle of the 19th century, he developed a large wine and alcohol production in the village. In 1870 he received the title of count. Having learned to play the violin from his friend, the Hungarian musician Ezhen Remni, Ploteni later became the first violinist of the Hungarian National Opera. At the end of the 19th century, he returned to his Velyki Lazy estate, where a small palace and park complex was built for him.

Currently, the estate houses the Center for Creativity and Sports. The Ploteni Museum is located near the school. The composer's grave is preserved in the village cemetery.

The ancient Reformation Church, founded in Chetfalva in the 15th century, is distinguished by a tall Gothic bell tower in the style of Czech defensive towers.

A modest one-nave stone temple with one window is strengthened from the southwest corner by a buttress. The ceiling is decorated with 60 square wooden caissons with a bright floral ornament. The name of the author Shandor Ferents is written in one of the squares.

A wooden belfry was added to the western side of the church during the reconstruction in 1753. The two-story tower, square in plan, stands directly on the ground on 16 wooden supports (without foundations and piles). The belfry is crowned by a sharp octagonal spire, the height of which is half of the total height of the belfry (about 30 meters).

Next to the Reformation Church is the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit (1998-2001) in the Art Nouveau style.

The Reformation Church in Tiachiv was founded in the 13th century by the Hungarian king Laslo the Great as a Roman Catholic church. In 1546, the church was given to the reformers.

The temple is single-nave, rectangular in plan. In 1810, a three-tier bell tower with a tented finish was added to the western facade. An ancient clock is installed on the top tier of the bell tower. The side walls of the temple are reinforced with powerful buttresses, which give the building a special significance. The nave is covered with a wooden caisson with unique paintings of 200 pieces, among which there are images of a lion, a mermaid, a pelican, a dragon and others. Each part of the painting is a masterpiece in itself. The interior is decorated with a stylized floral ornament, similar to Ukrainian folk paintings.

Until 1944, the richest library of Maramoroschyna was kept in the Reformation Church of Tiachiv.

Next to the church there is an architecturally interesting Lutheran parish house, as well as a bronze bust of the Hungarian artist Shymon Holloshi, who lived in Tiachiv.

The Gothic church of the reformers in Velyki Berehy was built in 1405. However, probably part of the church was built before 1237.

In 1657, the temple was destroyed by the Poles, but it was soon restored. The last reconstruction was carried out in 1869.

The Reformation Church in Muzhiievowas built in the 15th century in the late Gothic style.

The temple has a monumental appearance, its corners and walls are reinforced with buttresses. On the western wall, there is an entrance in the form of a perspective portal with an arch. On the southern wall, between the buttresses, there is an entrance framed in the form of a pointed arch. The pointed arches of the windows on the south side are decorated with sophisticated stone carvings.

Near the church stands a wooden frame two-story belfry with a spire, built in the 18th-19th centuries.

The Reformed Church in Vyshkovo is a unique monument of Gothic architecture, one of the first stone churches in Transcarpathia.

The defensive temple with strong buttresses, a high gable roof, Gothic doors and narrow windows was built in the XIII-XIV centuries. It consists of a nave and a five-walled apse. The portal is supported by a row of columns, the pediment adorns a small tower.

In the interior, under a layer of plaster, ancient frescoes "The Last Supper", "Kiss of Judas" and the image of Saint Barbara were discovered.

The church precinct with a Gothic wooden belfry is surrounded by a defensive stone wall with loopholes.

The Reformers Church is the largest church in Berehove.

It is located in the center of Layosha Koshuta Square, opposite the building of the former palace of the county (city) court.

It was founded in the XIII-XV centuries. The Gothic church of the reformers was rebuilt many times. In 1918, the temple burned down, it was restored in 1922-1924. Near the four-tiered clock tower, the Gothic first tier has been preserved.

A feature of the design of the Protestant church is roosters instead of crosses on the spiers. An organ plays during services.

You should not enter the church in shorts and with bare arms, and women should have their heads covered.

The "Karst bridge" rock is a rare monument of nature, one of the most impressive natural sights of the Carpathians. It is located in the "Chur" tract on the territory of the Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhansky protected massif, north of the village of Mala Uholka.

"Karst bridge" is a giant stone arch in limestone rock, formed over thousands of years by karst processes.

Traces of the pagan temple have been preserved. In the 16th-18th centuries, there was an Orthodox monastery here, which was closed in 1788 by the Austrian authorities.

The wooden church of Saint Archangel Michael in Krainykovo belongs to the unique monuments of Transcarpathian Gothic, which is distinguished by high, sharp spiers.

The church was built in 1668, as evidenced by the inscription on the nave. Made of massive oak timber. On the entrance door there is a very beautiful carving.

In 1971, the church was restored, and in 1997 it was returned to the Greek Catholic community.

An iconostasis painted on canvas of the XVII-XVIII centuries has been preserved. The painting of the eastern wall dates back to the time of the construction of the church, and the altar dates back to the end of the 18th century.

The church of Saint Archangel Michael is surrounded by ancient oak trees.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Avhustyn in Perechyn was built at the beginning of the 20th century with the assistance of a local forestry plant, as many foreign specialists from Catholic countries worked at the enterprise.

The initiator was the Italian Hayotto Franchesko, who purchased a plot of land and allocated part of the funds for construction.

The church was consecrated on the day of Saint Avhustyn, receiving its name in his honor.

The temple in the eclectic style is small, but tall (34 meters) and very slender, directed to the sky.

The wooden church of Saint Demetrius in Vilkhovytsia is one of the attractions of the wooden architecture of Transcarpathia. Erected without a single nail, it presents the Boyko type of buildings.

In the interior of the church, the opening between the nave and the nave, decorated with carvings, as well as carved images of ancient symbols of the sun and "sunflowers" attract attention.

The temple was built from oak logs in the 17th century in the village of Bystrytsia. In 1910, the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius was moved to Vilkhovytsia. According to one version, it was bought by wealthier members of the Vilkhovytsia community, according to another - the daughter of a local owner got married and took the temple with her as a dowry. This is what saved the church from destruction.

Saint Demetrius Church is an architectural monument of national significance.

The Greek-Catholic Saint Illina Church in Chynadiiovo is a rebuilt Catholic church of the 14th century.

Initially, the temple was made in the Gothic style, subsequent reconstructions distorted its appearance.

A wooden log with a cross inside is stored here, which was discovered in 2002 by woodcutters from Mukachevo, when they were felling a beech that was about 100 years old.

The Saint John Baptist Men's Monastery was founded in 1925 in the village of Dubove, but a few years later it was decided to move it to Bedevlia.

In 1955-1960, the monastery was closed, and it was revived in 1990. On the territory there is a large church of John the Baptist, a winter church of the Mother of God Pochaivska and a residential building with a refectory church. Today, 16 monks live here, and in their free time from obedience, they are engaged in the artistic treatment of icons with beads. Some of the works are for sale.

The shrines of the monastery include the icon of the heavenly patron of the monastery - Saint John the Forerunner with a portion of the relics of the Baptist, the ancient image of the Mother of God written by the Holy Apostle Luke (an ancient accurate list), the miraculous icon of Saint Tryphon, which was stolen several times, but managed to be returned.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The wooden church of Saint Michael the Archangel is located in the village of Nehrovets between Synevyr and Kolochava.

The high Gothic temple is one of the examples of the Boyko style of architecture. The architecture is dominated by the pure forms of ancient architecture, undisturbed by late interventions: hewn logs of log cabins, wide planes of shingle roofs, a band of canopy, a square tower with a high pin.

Decorative carvings of the 18th century have been preserved in the interior of the church.

Nearby is a two-story wooden frame bell tower.

A particularly picturesque view of Saint Michael's Church against the background of the surrounding mountains opens from the slope of the hill above the church.

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael in the Transcarpathian village of Vyshka is a monument of wooden architecture of national importance.

It has the features of a classic temple of the Boyko school of architecture: three log cabins made of spruce beams on a stone foundation, placed in a row along a longitudinal line from west to east, covered with tent vaults, each topped with a crown.

Initially, the central log house was higher than the others, but in the second half of the 18th century, the tented top above the babinsek was replaced by a frame belfry, which became higher.

Like many wooden churches in Transcarpathia, Michael's Church was not spared the fate of being buried alive in a metal sarcophagus, which hid the original patterns of wall and roof cladding with shingles.