Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Train 816/815 Lviv-Rakhiv. The 'Rakhivoz' Transformed

Train 816/815 Lviv–Rakhiv is already familiar to passengers who have chosen routes for a relaxing getaway and a reset.
 
Train No. 816/815 Lviv–Rakhiv–Lviv
Train No. 816/815 Lviv–Rakhiv–Lviv

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Yaremche. The 'Gedzo' Park of Legends

Yaremche enchants with its landscapes and man-made landmarks, and even during the war unusual attractions are opening at this Carpathian resort.
 
Yaremche. The 'Gedzo' Park of Legends
Yaremche. The 'Gedzo' Park of Legends

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Mykulychyn. Church of the Ascension. Hutsul Architecture

Mykulychyn is the largest village in Ukraine, made up of several uchastky — uchastky precisely, not mere plots — located on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. In the centre of the village rises a church with the status of an architectural monument, consecrated in 1868 in honour of the Holy Trinity. The church could not hold all its parishioners, the people of Mykulychyn and visiting guests, while for the residents of the mountain village districts it was not always convenient to reach services along mountain dirt roads and trails. In 2003, on the remote uchastok of Polumystyi at the foot of the emerald ridges (gruni), in the valley of the Prutets Chemyhivskyi River, a new Church of the Ascension of the Lord was built.

Mykulychyn. Church of the Ascension of the Lord. 2003. UGCC
Mykulychyn. Church of the Ascension of the Lord. 2003. UGCC

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Ivano-Frankivsk. The Town Hall Museum and Its Panorama

Ivano-Frankivsk is a regional centre in the west of Ukraine. Its former names – Stanislaviv, Stanislav – are still used by local residents. In 1962, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of its founding, the city was renamed in honour of an outstanding son of the Ukrainian people, Ivan Franko. The city's main symbol, its calling card, the Ivano-Frankivsk Town Hall, rises in the very heart of the city on the Rynok (Market) Square.
 
Ivano-Frankivsk. The Town Hall
Ivano-Frankivsk. The Town Hall