Chortovi Skeli. Watch Post, Quarry and Tourist Spot

Close by us there are spaces that are at once historical in character and of scientific and practical importance, that shape our aesthetic sense and are also attractive to tourists and sportspeople. Within the bounds of Lviv, on the southern edge of the village of Lysynychi, a stony scatter rises in a picturesque ridge, named the Chortovi Skeli — the Devil's Rocks — for their air of mystery and their wondrous beauty.

 

Chortovi (Chotovi, Chatovi) Skeli

The Dovbush Rocks and the Trial in the 'Purgatory'

A hike in the Carpathians is wonderful at any time of year. But while schoolchildren and students are on holiday, I would like to remind you of a unique monument of nature and history — the Dovbush Rocks.