Attractions of Chortkiv district

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Yahilnytsia by the Polish magnates Lyantskoronsky.

The stone building in the Baroque style was erected in the 19th century on the site of the first wooden church, founded in 1478. The facade is decorated with the coat of arms of the Lyantskoronsky family.

In Soviet times, a gym was located here, then a warehouse.

In 1992, with the assistance of the Karolina Lyantskoronska Foundation, the church was revived.

The Empire-style palace with an original colonnade and wing was built in Zalishchyky in 1831 by Baron Ignatius Brunytskyi on the site of the Ponyatovsky hunting castle.

Austrian Emperor Franz II stayed here during his trip to Galicia. A 5-hectare park was also laid out, where more than 400 trees of 40 species and forms are growing.

The palace has been preserved to this day, until recently it housed the department of the district hospital.

Zalishchyky Park is part of the protected zone of the regional landscape park "Dniester Canyon"

The elegant palace of the Badeni count family was built in Koropets at the beginning of the 19th century.

It was originally made in a classical style.

In 1906, Count Stanislav Badeni rebuilt the old palace in the Viennese Renaissance style. The facade of the house is decorated with three risalites and porticoes. The middle part of the palace on the first floor was decorated with frescoes. The pediment is decorated with a decorative relief. In the central part of the palace there was a vestibule, and on the side of the garden - a large hall for balls. The lobby was surrounded on three sides by a gallery, from which an oak staircase descended. There was a black marble fireplace in the hall. The upper part of the walls was covered with three rows of portraits of Polish kings. To the left of the royal hall was the dining room, and behind it - the library. In the ballroom stood a marble table with carvings in the style of Louis XVI. The palace was surrounded by a landscape park.

During the First World War, the palace was damaged, but the Badeni managed to restore it before the Second World War.

Currently, a children's boarding school is located on the territory of the manor, and a music school is located in the premises of the palace.

Borshchiv's most prominent building is located in the center, in the pedestrian zone.

The Ukrainian society "Rusky People's House" was founded in 1908 on the initiative of lawyer Mykhaylo Dorundyak and professor Mykhaylo Hrushevsky. At the same time, a building with two towers in the form of domes, typical of Rus Orthodox architecture, was built at the expense of the public according to the project of Galician architect Vasyl Nahirny.

The "Rusky People's House" was the center of development of ancient Ukrainian (Rusyn, not Russian) culture, which is reflected in the name. An honorary member of the "People's House" was Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, who often visited Borshchiv and monitored the construction.

Currently, it is also the cultural center of the city - there is a museum of local history, as well as a museum of Taras Shevchenko with an art gallery - the first in the western part of Ukraine. In particular, the exhibition presents the famous borscht embroidery in black and white.

The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and Saint Stanislav in Chortkiv was built in the Neo-Gothic style at the beginning of the 20th century according to the project of the architect Yan Karol Sas-Zubzhytskyi on the site of the old cathedral, built in 1610 by the master of the city Stanislav Holsky as his burial place.

Initially, the church was part of the defensive Dominican monastery complex, surrounded by walls with towers and loopholes, but before the First World War it was completely rebuilt (a fragment of the defensive wall remained on the back side).

The Dominican church in Chortkiv is considered one of the most beautiful neo-Gothic buildings in Ukraine. The architect Sas-Zubzhytskyi, being a supporter of historical stylizations, vividly embodied in this church the characteristic features of his own architectural style of "Visualian Gothic". The lower part of the church is made of stone, and the upper part is made of red brick. The figures of the saints were made by sculptors Cheslav Stovp and Diaman Stankevych.

Since 2009, the temple has been a sanctuary (holy repository) of the icon of the Mother of God of the Holy Rosary (Theotokos of Chortkiv).

During the Soviet rule, the church was closed, but in 1989 it was returned to the Dominicans.

The sculptural composition, crowned with the figure of Saint John Nepomuk, was installed in Buchach at the crossroads of the roads to Ternopil and Chortkiv in 1750.

It was one of the early works of the outstanding sculptor Ivan Pinzel. Prague priest John Nepomuk was martyred in 1393, refusing to reveal the secret of the confession of the wife of Emperor Wenceslas IV of Luxembourg. The cult of the saint was widespread in the 18th century. Ian Nepomuk's roadside sculpture was ordered by Count Mykola Pototskyi to Pinzel, as evidenced by Pototskyi's "Pilyava" coat of arms on the pedestal.

During the Soviet era, the sculpture was destroyed. Restored in 2007 in the former place (now the road fork is located a little higher), the author of the copy is Roman Vilhushynskyi.

The Verteba gypsum cave in Bilche-Zolote is one of the largest in Europe. The length of the underground passages is 7820 meters.

The cave consists of wide galleries separated by narrow bridges. The walls are smooth and dark, on the vaults there are carbonate formations in the form of crusts, less often - small stalactites. The average annual temperature in the cave is 9-10 degrees with a relative humidity of 92-100%.

In the V-IV millennium BC, the Verteba cave was used by people as a shelter in case of danger.

In the 19th century, when these lands belonged to the Sapehy princes, more than 300 whole ceramic jugs and a huge number of figurines, sherds, stone and bone tools belonging to the Trypillya culture were found in the cave. Most of them settled in various Polish museums, but some items can be seen in the Borshchiv Museum of Local Lore.

A cave-museum of Trypillya culture has been opened in Verteba, where a collection of sculptures and ceramics in the Trypillya style is exhibited.

The Buchach Local Lore Museum is located in the center of city, near the town hall.

The archeological exposition presents objects from the times of Trypillya culture.

The ethnographic exhibition tells about the life of peasants of the end of the XIX century.

In addition to the history of the city and the district, there is an exposition dedicated to the work of the outstanding sculptor Ivan Heorh Pinzel, who lived and worked in Buchach for a long time.

The model of Buchach Castle is also of interest.

"Crystal cave" ("Kryvchanska") is the most famous and most suitable for tourists to visit the Podillya cave.

The entrance is located in the spurs of the mountain on the southwestern outskirts of the village of Kryvche. This is one of the largest gypsum caves in Europe - the length of its investigated part is almost 23 kilometers.

The Kryvchanska Cave was first mentioned in 1721 and was rediscovered in 1908. It is a branched gypsum system of passages washed by underground waters 20 million years ago.

The excursion route through the cleaned and illuminated part of the "Crystal Cave" is about 2.5 kilometers, of which 500 meters is the entrance corridor. The walls of the cave galleries are covered with white or various colored gypsum crystals, hence the name. Many crystals resemble silhouettes of animals: buffalo, lizard, elephant, eagle, etc.

Constant temperature +11 degrees. Open to the public all year round, the tour is possible only with a guide.

The Greek Catholic Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ was built in Yahilnytsia in 1842.

Part of the funds was allocated by the tycoon family of Lyantskoronsky.

The cruciform church is designed in the Byzantine style.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Skala-Podilska in 1719 at the expense of Valentiy Mezheyevsky, who owned the city at that time.

Made in the Neo-Gothic style, the spire of the belfry was completed in the 19th century. The bell tower is decorated with a tower clock installed during the reconstruction in 1852. At the same time, the church building was surrounded by defensive walls with corner towers.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed, it housed warehouses and a power plant.

Currently, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary has been returned to believers and restored.

The Greek-Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Borshkov was built in 1886. It is located on the central square of the city.

The church keeps a copy of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Borshchiv in a "black embroidered dress". The massive and simple bell tower is a modern building.

Nearby is a monument to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine (1993).

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Monastyryska was built in the 18th century at the expense of Yuzef Potocki.

The altar was once decorated with sculptures by the famous master Ivan Heorhiy Pinsel. They are currently on display in the Pinsel museum in Lviv.

200-year-old ash trees grow around the temple.

Since January 2019, the church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The majestic one-nave Gothic-Renaissance Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Yazlovets was built at the end of the 16th century at the expense of Mykolay Yazlovetskyi.

At first, it was a parish church, but in 1639 it was transferred to the Dominican monks, who founded the monastery (the semicircular chapels that were added at that time have been preserved). Nearby is a powerful open bell tower.

Polish composer Mykolay Gomulk is buried in the church.

The Yazlovets church was closed during Soviet times, and is now in a dilapidated state.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Kopychyntsi in 1802 by the Bavorsky magnates, who owned the city, as a family tomb.

The first Catholic church, which existed since 1443, was destroyed in the 17th century.

Three-nave temple. In 1846, a stucco altar with figures of Peter and Paul was built. In the underground part are the remains of the tomb of the Bavorsky.

During the Soviet era, the church was closed, revived in 1991.