Attractions of Sambir district

The Museum of Hetman Petro  Konashevych-Sahaydachny was opened in the village of Kulchytsi, where he was born in 1570 in the family of a local nobleman.

From there, he went to study at the Ostroh Academy, and then applied to the Zaporizhzhian Sich, later becoming one of the most prominent political figures in the history of Ukraine.

In 1992, a monument to Sahaydachny was erected in Kulchytsi.

The Sahaydachny museum was opened in the premises of the former elementary school. The exposition includes about 900 exhibits. Since 1993, on every third Sunday of April, "Sahaydachny Memorial Day" has been held annually near the monument to Petro Sahaydachny.

There is also an exhibition dedicated to another famous native of Kulchytsi - Yuriy Kulchytsky, the hero of the defense of Vienna in 1683 and the owner of the first Viennese coffee house.

In 2010, a monument to Yuriy Kulchytsky was erected in front of the museum.

The museum-room of the national liberation struggle in the town of Rudky presents historical material about the struggle for Ukrainian statehood in 1918-1919 and in 1930-1940 in the Rudky region.

In the most honorable place is a portrait of the UPA Commander-in-Chief, General Roman Shukhevych.

The Museum-Kryivka (hideout museum) in the village of Sprynia was opened in 2012 on the territory of the "Prykarpattya" sports and tourist complex.

In 1944, the founding meeting of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council was held at this place - the political body of warring Ukraine, which was supposed to represent the country on the international stage.

The situation of Kryivka (hidden refuge of the rebels) accurately reproduces the living conditions of the UPA fighters of those times.

There is a permanent exhibition with the possibility of excursions.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was built in Rozluch in 1876 by master Havryla Roman in a typical Boyki style.

Previously, an older temple, known since 1534, stood on this place. The three-timbered church is distinguished by multi-tiered domes. Nearby is a low two-story wooden belfry.

Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Defense Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Rosokhy was built in the 15th-16th centuries.

The bell tower and stone walls were completed in the 19th century.

Three-part temple, three-storied. It used to have a shingled pitched roof, but is now covered with tin. The thickness of the walls reaches 1.5 meters.

An ancient altar partition with an opening for the Royal Gate has been preserved inside.

Ranch "Bilaky" is located at the exit from Sambor in the direction of Stariy Sambir.

It consists of an ostrich farm and a mini-zoo with exotic animals: lions, buffaloes, bears, wolves, deer, wild boars, donkeys and others. Ostriches are kept in large enclosures.

The farm has a restaurant "Hostiny dvir", where you can taste exotic dishes made of ostrich meat and eggs.

The Rudky Town Hall was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The building is rectangular, two-story, with a small clock tower at the corner. The decor is a bit reminiscent of a synagogue.

The town hall building is still used for its purpose - it houses the Rudky Town Council.

A bust of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko has been installed in the square on the Vidrodzhennya Square near the town hall.

The Church of Saint Francis Borgia in Rozluch is a rare example of a wooden Catholic church in the Neo-Gothic style.

It was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a chapel for German colonists at the expense of parishioners and the Boni Pastoris brotherhood. The church is a unique example of wooden churches, in which neo-Gothic elements are combined with the techniques of folk architecture, which is especially noticeable in the interior.

After the Second World War, the church was used as a collective farm fertilizer warehouse, and later as a granary.

The wooden church of Archangel Michael in the village of Isai was built in 1663 by the master Ilya Pantelimon, as evidenced by the carved inscription on the western door. This is one of the oldest wooden churches in Lviv region, a unique example of Boyko folk architecture, which is part of the "original Carpathian trinity" (churches in Skole, Verkhnia Rozhanka and Isai).

Architecturally, the St. Michael's Church belongs to the Drohobych school of architecture, the characteristic features of which are three monumental onion-shaped baths, an additional church emporium under the dome above the nave, and a vestibule on columns. In addition, the building is one of the few existing examples of a church with a krylas (platform for singers).

The interior preserves the ancient three-tiered iconostasis with the "Tree of Jesse" Royal Gate, 17th-century wall painting, 18th-century banners, authentic castles and a cenotaph. The icons of famous artists of the end of the 19th century Ivan and Vasyl Chayka, created in 1897, are stored in the church. Restoration is in progress.

Michael's Church in the village of Isai is an architectural monument of national importance. Nearby is a wooden bell tower from 1722. Restoration is underway.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Staryi Sambir has a long history.

The Catholic parish was founded in the city back in the 15th century, and a wooden church was built at the same time. In the 16th century, a stone Gothic church was built at the expense of Queen Bona Sfortsa. In 1753, it was reconstructed at the expense of the Polish king Avhust III, but a century later it fell into disrepair and was dismantled.

The current neo-Gothic church building was built in 1903 (architect Yablonsky). The interiors were painted by Lviv artist Leonard Vinterovsky.

In the 1940s, the temple was closed, the premises were used as a warehouse. In 1991, the Saint Nicholas church was returned to the Catholic community of Staryi Sambir.

The Basilian Monastery of Saint Onuphrius the Great near Dobromyl was first mentioned in 1613, when Yan Shchensny Herburt and his wife Yelyzaveta, a princess from the Zaslavsky family, granted the holy monastery a foundation deed.

First, the church of Saint Father Nicholas was built, which stood for more than two hundred years and was dismantled after a natural disaster by order of the abbot Venedykt Olshynsky. In 1723, the stone church of Saint Onuphrius was built, and in 1731 - a two-story building of cells and a bell tower adjacent to it.

In plan, the bell tower is square, from the facade it is two-story, but inside it has four floors. The lower tier with a passage covered by a semi-circular vault, the upper one is finished with a bulbous head. The facades are decorated with composite order pilasters and flat niches.

In Soviet times, a psycho-neurological boarding school was located on the territory of the monastery. Now the monastery once again belongs to the Basilian fathers.

The Lavriv Monastery of Saint Onuphrius of the Basilian Fathers in Lavrov is the oldest active monastery on the territory of Western Ukraine, one of the main sanctuaries of the Greek Catholics.

According to legend, the monastery was founded in the 13th century by Prince Lavr, whom historians associate with the Grand Duke of Lithuania Voyshelko, who took monastic vows under the name Lavrysh. Prince Lev Danylovych is also considered the founder, since Lavriv is mentioned in 1291 among his possessions (it is believed that the prince was buried in the monastery church, but in the 18th century his ashes were reburied in an unknown place).

The first reliable documentary mention of the monastery itself dates back to 1407. The monastery became one of the main religious centers of the region after the adoption of the union and entry into the order of the Basilian Fathers of the Kyiv Metropolitanate. The main sanctuary is the church of Saint Onuphrius, the altar part of which has been preserved since the 13th century. Subsequently, the temple was rebuilt several times - in the 17th century, after a fire, it was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style, and during the restoration of 1860-1867, it acquired its current appearance. The frescoes of the 15th century have been preserved.

Moldavian princes Kostyantyn Bassarab and Shtefan Petrycheyku, as well as some Orthodox and Greek-Catholic hierarchs, are buried in the underground crypt-necropolis.

The defensive walls of the monastery date back to the 13th-18th centuries, and the body of monks' cells - 1902-1909. The square bell tower has an archaic appearance.

Between the First and Second World Wars, the Basilian Lyceum operated in the monastery. Since 1994, the monastery again belongs to the monastic order of the Basilians.

A 700-year-old Lev Danylovych oak grows on the territory, under which, according to legend, the prince liked to rest.

The Church of Saint Stanislav in Sambir is part of the whole monastic complex of the Jesuit order, built between 1709 and 1751 according to the project of architects Jan Delamaris and Pavlo Hizhytsky.

A baroque church, rectangular in plan, three-nave, basilica type. The main facade is flanked by low two-story towers topped by triangular pediments. In the interior, six pillars support a system of vaults.

Nearby, in 1756-1759, the architect Karshnytsky built a baroque building for the Jesuit college.

After the liquidation of the Jesuit order, the monastery and collegium passed to the Bernardines. In 1935, an organ was installed in the church, built by the Czech-Austrian firm Gebruder Rieger from South Moravia, which after the restoration of 1980-1987 is still operating.

The cell building of the Bernandine monastery has been occupied by the Sambir school of culture since Soviet times.

The building of the church of Saint Stanislav is used as an organ music hall. Concerts take place every Saturday at 11:30.

The wooden church of Saints Flor and Lavr in Kulchytsi was founded in the 15th century. It was completely rebuilt several times.

Construction of the current one began in 1904, but construction was delayed until 1935 due to the First World War.

The temple is small, cruciform in plan. The entrance part of the church attracts attention: a tall arched door above which you can see the image of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a canopy over the door that repeats the silhouette of the church dome, under which is placed a wooden cross, for some reason pointing downwards.

In 1992, an equestrian monument to Hetman Petro Sahaydachny was erected near the Church of Flor and Lavr.

The hunting house of the Polish king Stefan Batory in Sambir was built in the 16th century on the territory of the royal Sambir castle, which was located south of the city center.

Later, a complex of buildings of the current district hospital was built on the castle ramparts. The house of Stefan Batory was adapted for the hospital church of Saint Panteleymon.