Attractions of Kolomyia

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ in Kolomyia is the largest Greek-Catholic church in Western Ukraine.

Construction was started in 1998 under the direction of architect Viktor Mytsay. The consecration took place in 2012.

The temple is two-story, 50 meters high. 2,000 believers can be accommodated on the first floor, 3,000 on the second floor. Energy-saving technologies are used for heating the temple, in particular, a capillary floor heating system. The cathedral is built of brick, the domes of the cathedral are made of copper, the funds for which were donated by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Ukraine.

Today, the Transfiguration Cathedral is the main Greek Catholic church in Kolomyia. A 60-meter bell tower is planned to be built next to the cathedral.

Vidrodzhennya Square (Renaissance Square) is the historical center of the city of Kolomyia.

In the medieval city, it was part of a large market square where the town hall stood (initially there was a castle in its place, then a Catholic church).

Houses of the 19th and 20th centuries have been preserved along the perimeter of the Vidrodzhennya Square. The oldest among them is building No. 1, which housed the Grand Hotel before the Second World War.

In 1914, a bust of Taras Shevchenko was erected on the square to celebrate the poet's 100th birthday, but it was soon destroyed. A new monument to Shevchenko was erected only in 1990.

The cozy pedestrian part of Vyacheslav Chornovol Avenue begins from the Vidrodzhennya Square.