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East of Lviv
Busk
-Olesko
castle-
Brody- Pidkamin- Pidgirtsy
Castle-
Plisnesk- Zolochiv
Castle-
Pomoryany-
Swirzh
Castle-
The Holy Assumption Univ Lavra-
Bibrka-
Zvenygorod- Stare Selo
Busk
The
first
mention
about
Busk
(Bozhesk)
was
in
“The
Story of the Passing Years”,
1097. The well-reinforced town-fortress played the fort post role on the
boundaries of Volynian and later Galician-Volynian principality in Õ²²²
c. On the beginning of XV c. the town has got the Magdeburg Right and
became the important trade and industrial center. The stock is exhibited
on the town’s arm. The legend tells us that once the stock has saved
the settlement from the Tatars, that’s why the town was named Busk
(the Ukrainian name of stock). Because of good location the town was
developing extremely. The first paper mill operated here during
1539-1641. The “Ostrog Bible” of Ivan Fedorov was printed on the
paper, produced here.
Busk is located in
the place of pouring the rivers
Western Bug
and Poltva. The rivers and streams flowing down through the town divide
it into several parts. In the past the town got the name of “Galician
Venice”. The junction was done through the dams and 68 big and small
bridges before 60s years of Õ²Õ
c. The several dried rivers channels and remnants of dams and bridges
have been preserved in Busk at present.
Also two ancient
wooden churches of XVIII
c. with bell-towers – St. Parasceva and St. Onuphrius – are still
preserved in the town.
The famous historical
person Evhen Petrushevych (1863-1940), Austrian Parliament and Galician
Seim deputy, the President of Western Ukrainian National Republic was
born in Busk.
Olesko
castle
Olesko
castle
– is
the
greatest
architectural
and
historical
monument
of
XIII
– XVIII cc., it is called “the Cradle
of
Polish
kings
and
Ukrainian
hetmans”.
Staying on the high hill for more than six centuries, the Castle was the
witness and the member of many historical events. During the centuries
the Castle’s fortune turned out in different ways.
It was a warrior, defending its independence; it was a prisoner,
the kings were competing for; it was a splendid palace and kings
residence with magnificence and extravagance; it was a mutineer fighting
for its rescuer. Today the castle is turned into the museum - a treasury
of history and culture of Ukrainian nation, personification of its high
courage and talent.
Hundreds of unique paintings sculpture and applied
art works of XIV-XIX cc. are collected in the museum. There are icons,
portraits, big battle paintings, furniture, tapestries, and big
collection
of
L’viv
sculpture
school
of
XIV-XVIII cc.
By
energies of
Lviv
Art
Gallery
workers the castle today looks like in XVII c.
³
Olesko
Castle
Olesko,
34,
Zamkova Str.
Tel.:
03264 251-93, 251-95
Brody
The town is located
on the boarder of
Galicia
and Volyn. The state boarder between Austro-Hungary and
Russia
was passed here till 1918. The specific location of the Brody town has
facilitated so rapid international trade development.
During Kyivan Russ times on Brody territory used to be the settlement
first mentioned in “Volodymyr Monomakh’s Lecturers to His
Children” (1084). In that time the town was named Lyubych –
according to the name of Zholkewsky family arms. But this name didn’t
get accustomed. The Koniecpolskiy
family became the later owners of Brody. And during that time the town
walls were transformed into the strong citadel, constructed on the
examples of
Holland
fortification arts. Bogdan Khmelnytsky’s worries could not occupy this
ideal town-fortress, and Tatars and Turks went round it. The remnants of
the castle and part of the defensive rampart have been preserved since
those times.
The unique religious
buildings and churches are of special interest: Exaltation of a
Holy
Cross
Church
(XVII ñ.),
the Most Holy Mother of
God
Birth
Church
(XVII-XVIII ñ.),
St. George Church (XVII-XVIII
ñ.), The Holy
Trinity Church (XVII-XVIII
ñ.).
The Jewish history and culture is connected with Jewish synagogue
in ruins (mid. of XVIII
c.) and Jewish cemetery. And the buildings of XVII-XX
c. have unique value.
Pidkamin
The name “Pidkamin” has its natural origin –
the settlement is located under so called Devil’s Stone, which from
the oldest times has been rising near by the monastery mountain. The
exceptionally picturesque nature, hills covered with forests and this
unusual, magnetic stone surrounded by Cossacks crosses and graves
attract the visitors. The place is energetic, mystical. Some legends
tell that one epic hero brought the rock from the mountains and put it
on the place, the fortress was founded later to protect the area from
the enemies.
In XVII c. on the monastery territory was built the
Ascension
Church
. The other architectural monuments are the cells of XVII-XVIII cc.,
defensive walls with gates and towers of XVIII c., and bell-tower with
three high arches.
³
Monastery
in Pidkamin
Pidkamin, Brody rayon , Lviv oblast
Tel.: +38 03266 314-33
Pidgirtsy
Castle
Pidgirtsy
Castle
- is
one
of
the
best
European
samples
of
Renaissance
style
with
bastion
fortifications. The
castle
was
built
under
supervision
of
great
famous
architectures
Andre
del
Aqua
and
Gilyom
le
Vasser
de
Beauplan
in
1635-1640 in
order of the crowned
hetman
Stanislaw
Koniecpolskiy,
one
of
the
biggest
magnates
of
Rzech
Pospolita. During the Zhevuski family period
the palace was called “The Polish Versailles”. The
orchestra
music
concerts, the balls, the military parades,
fireworks were held in the castle during months. The
castle was
famous
for
its
elegant interiors, rich art collections and
numerical library. The
castle’s
ensemble
includes
palace,
circled
with
bastion
fortifications,
ramparts
and
rows;
and
baroque
castle
of
XVIII
c.
Today
the
castle
is
the
branch
of
Lviv
Art
Gallery
. Everyone, or mostly everyone, because of cinema «D’Artanian
and Three Musketeers», saw it where the
Pidgirtsi
Castle
served as Luvr.
³
Pidgirtsi
Castle
Pidgirtsi village
Lviv oblast.
Tel./fax:
+38 032 261-46-47
(
Lviv
Art
Gallery
)
Plisnesk
Plisnesk
was the greatest
old Russ
ancient settlement,
which is
mentioned in
“The Lay of the
Host of Igor”.
The
settlement was
about 160 hectares
size; it
was surrounded
by seven
ramparts and
was one
of the biggest European cities that time. Till
present day
we can
find the
traces of
the settlement.
Plisnesk was
completely destroyed in 1241 by the Golden Hordes. Near by the Plisnesk
in the ÕV²²²
c. was built the monastery. According to the legend the daughter of Belz
price Vsevolod – princess Olena founded the previous monastery on this
place. This fact is approved by the subscription on the stone slab in
the monastery church.
From the stories we
learned out that the princess was killed by the Polovtsian Hordes as a
hero. And from that time the
part of Plisnesk is called “Olena’s Park”. Today we can see the
Basilian Monastery and
Church
of
XVIII
c., which possesses the sundial. Te valuable architectural monument is
iconostasis of unusual form, made by the architect Paul Gizhytsky.
Zolochiv
Castle
Zolochiv
– is
a
nice
small
town.
In
one’s
time
this
town
plaid
a
great
role
in
the
foundation
of
Ukrainian
country,
guarded its boundaries and protected from the
enemies. The historical monuments: St. Nicolas Church of XIV c. and
Church
of
Resurrection
of XVII c. are the witnesses of the town’s long history. The Ascension
Cathedral of XVIII c. belongs to the buildings of Galician Renaissance
architecture.
The town is famous for its unique masterpiece of
defence architecture - Zolochiv castle, erected in baroque style in
XVI-XVII cc. like a citadel with bastions.
The castle is located in the south-eastern part of the town on
the hill Kupynka. In XVII-XVIII cc. Sobiesky and Radzyvil families owned the castle.
Today the castle
belongs to
Lviv
Art
Gallery
. Interesting for viewing are the Great and Chinese palaces in the
Castle’s courtyard.
Pomoryany
The
town Pomoryany
is located
in the
picturesquare area
on the
bank of
river Zolota
Lypa (Golden Lime). The Italian builders projected the castle in the
first half of XVI
c. on the place of wooden fortress in the order of Podillya voivode Jan
from Sienna. In the times of Jacub Sobiesky the town was rapidly
developed, it got the Magdeburg Law, the trade was activated, and they
started to build the churches. Several times the castle held the
protracted attacks of Turks and Tatars, and was destroyed. In XVII c.
the church of the Most Holy Mother of God was constructed and is opened
to the public till today. The Town Hall and The Holy Trinity Church are
worth of seeing in Pomoryany.
Swirzh
Castle
Staying on the hill
above the river
Swirzh
Castle
, build in XVI-XVII cc., attracts the visitors today.
The castle has wonderful defensive location. It is circled by
impassable marshlands, ponds, rows and bridge in its foot.
Many times the castle was an object for taking cinemas there.
Because of its wonderful location in the picturesquare surroundings it
is nice place for rest in any season of a year. You can set up the tent
near by the pond and enjoy the beautiful nature.
The renaissance
cathedral built in XV c. has been preserved in the castle’s park;
today it is the functioning church.
The Holy Assumption Univ Lavra
Univ – is one of the oldest public prayers places
in
Ukraine
. The folk legend tells the history of the miraculous healing of Prince
Lagodovskiy near by the spring. As a sign of thanks the Prince built the
foundation of church on this wonder-working place and founded the
monastery. The valuable renaissance Prince gravestone is preserved here
today.
The Holy Assumption Univ Lavra with more than one
thousand years history is perfectly restored. People come here to
endorse the emotional quite, mental integrity and to worship the
wonder-working icon of Our Lady.
³
Univ, Peremyshlyany rayon, Lviv oblast
Tel.: +38 03263 81-21
Bibrka
The old Russ Town
Bibrka. The first mention about it was 1211 in Galician-Volynian
Chronicle. The name is derived from the animals – beavers, people used
to hunt for. In 1469 the
town got the Magdeburg Law by the privilege of the king Kazimierz IV.
The object of
interest is the
church
of
XV
c., but restored and rebuilt during the centuries.
Zvenygorod
The
first mention
about Zvenygorod
was in
“The
Story of the Passing Years”. In the XII c. Zvenygorod achieved the biggest development. Till 1144 Zvenygorod was the
capital of the Zvenygorod principality and it was the biggest town on
the Western Ukrainian lands with the strongest fortress of the Old Russ.
In 1144 the capital of the principality was transferred to Galych.
In 1241 the town was
conquered by khan Batiy. Zvenygorod collapsed and never got again the
position of a big town. On
the place of former fortress there is a site of ancient settlement and
it is possible to observe the remnants of the deep moats and the
ramparts.
In
XVIII ñ. on
the place
of the
former duke’s
castle the
landowner Adam
Senyavskiy had
built the
new castle-fortress in
the form
of four-corners building
with towers,
surrounded with
deep moat
and palisade.
But the most valuable archeological disclosure is the fundaments of the
stoned
church
of
XIII
c. at the foot of the mountain. On
the base of the fundaments it is possible to make the reconstruction of
this church in its original view.
There is museum in
Zvenygorod, the remnants of the old road, disclosed by the archeologists
for the last years and new town-centre.
Stare
Selo (The
Old
Village
)
Stare
Selo has
very ancient
history originated
from the period of The Old Russ. The name Stare Selo is mentioned since
1454. In
1642 in the village the
princes
Ostrozkiy and
Zaslavskiy founded
the castle-fortress,
which was
destroyed completely
by Bogdan
Khmelnytskiy troops
in 1648.
Not far away on the
hill there are two big lime stumps, according to the stories they keeps
the memories about the Tatar chief, killed on this place from the
Castle.
There is a chapel,
palace and utility rooms in the castle’s court yard.
We learned out from the documents that in XVII c. there were 8
cannons, a lot of guns and cold arms in the Castle.
The Silent Giant remembers the military battles and big parties,
and times of the Arsenal opened within the walls of the Castle. During
the centuries the Castle used to be a winery, warehouse and even
brewery.
West
of Lviv
Stradch- Yaniv- Yavoriv- Horodok- Sudova Vyshnia- Mostyska- Dobromyl-
Khyriv- Stara Sil- Stary Sambir- Sambir
-Rudky
North
of Lviv
Kulykiv-
The
Royal
Town
of Zhovkva- Krekhiv- Sokal- Tartakiv- Belz-
Rawa
Ruska
South
of Lviv
Stilsko-Mykolaiv
-Drohobych-Boryslav-
Tustan-
Verkhnie
Syniovydne- Skole- Slavske- Stryi
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