Wooden Churches of the Stryi District. Folk Building

Thanks to the wooded character of the terrain, in Prykarpattia places of worship have long been built of wood. Historians cannot yet establish the exact date of the appearance of these little shrines, but on the site of shrines destroyed over time, new churches were erected, many of which have survived, and services are now held in them. Examples of wooden sacred architecture have the status of architectural monuments, but are not always protected in a proper manner. Unique structures undergo radical changes during irresponsible repairs using modern materials, losing their authenticity. Let us examine, on the example of the churches of the Stryi area, the state of the wooden monuments in the villages of the Stryi district of Lviv region.

Strilkiv. Lviv region. The Saint Nicholas church. 1650. Architectural monument of national significance

Pidhirtsi Metamorphoses. Collective-Farm Sheds to Palace

When people mention Pidhoretsky Palace, they often think of the castle in the Brody district. But the Stryi district also has its own Pidhirtsi, with a little pearl of its own.

Pidhirtsi Castle: a Plundered Palace, a Haunted Ruin

To see all the castles of the 'Golden Horseshoe of the Lviv Region', from Olesko we went to Pidhirtsi in the Brody district.

Pidhirtsi Castle