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Top 10 attractions in Lviv
Lviv is the city of magnificent temples, castles, city festivals, theaters. Lviv is Ukrainian capital of coffee and chocolate shops. Here you can stroll through the maze of medieval streets, which saw the presence the emperors of Austria and kings of
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Zbarazh Castle
Originally Zbarazh Castle (Ternopil region) was built to protect the borders of Galicia-Volyn principality. This construction has two dates of building - 1393 and 1626-1631. The first date relates to the Prince Koribut construction. Zbarazh Castle of
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Dominican church in Ternopil
The St. Vincent Ferrara Dominican church can be called the most valuable, though not the oldest architectural monument in Ternopil (now the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary). The sanctuary facade faces the modern Liberty
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Object "Skala" ("The Rock") or Stalin Bunker
Soviet times had left a lot of puzzles and objects that keep their secrets. Especially it concerns underground tunnels and bunkers. One of them is located in Korosten, Zhitomir region. It is a part of so-called "Stalin Line", which was created in the 30s
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Horodenka
Horodenka is one of the oldest towns in Prykarpattia, which is washed by the sonorous springs and heavy waters of the Dniester and Prut rivers. The popular belief is that a rooster sings on three corners in Horodenka - on three regions - Ternopol,
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Mezhirich Holy Trinity Monastery
Mezhirich Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Ukraine. Mezhirich Holy Trinity Monastery story is full of violent events, associates with the princes Ostrogski family. Namely with Prince Feodor Ostrogski - Lutsk starost. Although
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Lugansk Stone Sculpture Park
There are few museums, which can boast of the exhibits, which age is more than a thousand years. And there are less of them, where the exposure can tell you about the evolution of long-missing people. In this sense, the park-museum of stone sculptures,
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Chervonograd - the city which is dissapared from the map of Ukraine
Terra incognita – lat. “unexplored land”. Do you think there are no such lands on the map of Ukraine except Chernobyl? You are wrong. Let me introduce you city Chervonograd (Chervonogorod), vanished from the map. It was located near the
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St. Anthony Church in Rivne
Conversion was only the way to keep a religious building from destroying in the days of "militant atheism". In the best way they become museums, which sometimes were restored. Worse matters stood with temples, they were put on storehouses. It seemed that
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Holy Protection Nunnery in Kiev
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine. Even today the city has preserved little corners where you can find spiritual peace and rest from the bustle of the city. One of such places is Holy Protection Nunnery. The cloister was founded in 1889 by Grand Princess
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