Attractions of Lviv region

The memorial museum of public figure Olha Bachynska was opened in 2001 as a department of the of Stryi Museum of Local Lore "Verkhovyna". It is located in the elegant house of the Bachynskys in Stryi, which was purchased in 1912 by Olha's husband, Ilarion Bachynskyi.

The exhibition highlights the life path of Olha Bachynska, who was the first Ukrainian woman of Galicia to head an important economic institution - the directorate of "Maslosoyuz". In addition, she collected a large collection of folk clothes and embroidery, which she exhibited in Vienna in 1915.

Part of Bachynska's collection is presented in the museum. Worthy of attention are samples of Ukrainian embroidery, embroidered shirts, woven socks, photos of Bachynska in national dress, some of her personal belongings.

In the second room, the situation that existed here during Bachynska's life is reproduced. Family furniture, household items of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, documents about Bachynska's many years of work as part of the "Maslosoyuz" directorate and her social activities are presented.

Ranch "Bilaky" is located at the exit from Sambor in the direction of Stariy Sambir.

It consists of an ostrich farm and a mini-zoo with exotic animals: lions, buffaloes, bears, wolves, deer, wild boars, donkeys and others. Ostriches are kept in large enclosures.

The farm has a restaurant "Hostiny dvir", where you can taste exotic dishes made of ostrich meat and eggs.

The Museum of the outstanding Ukrainian artist Osyp Kurylas, whose creative legacy occupies an important place in the history of European modern art, opened in 2016 in the artist's homeland at the Shchyrets Lyceum named after the Hero of Ukraine Bohdan Ilkiv.

Kurylas' portraits of the leaders of the Sich riflemen and his depictions of battles have high artistic and documentary historical value, and the icons and illustrations of children's books are a vivid example of education in action.

The Museum of the Artist in Shchyrets was created thanks to the initiative of the family of public figures, local historians and long-time researchers of Osyp Kurylas's work, Stefaniya and Ihor Derevatsky, as well as their daughter Bohdana.

Osyp Kurylas was born in Shchyrets in 1870 into a large family of a local deacon and a public school teacher. Osyp's penchant for drawing was evident from childhood. In 1886, he entered the School of Arts and Crafts, and later continued his studies at the Krakow Academy of Arts, where he began his own career as an artist.

With the outbreak of World War I, Osyp Kurylas joined the Austrian army, and later transferred to the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. During his military service, the artist created a number of paintings in which he glorified the exploits of the Sich Riflemen. He painted about two hundred portraits of his comrades and paintings.

In addition, Osyp Kurylas drew many illustrations for magazines and books. His illustrations for the collection of short stories "Maple Leaves" by Vasyl Stefanyk, who was a friend of the artist, are considered among the best. A special feature of the artist's creative work is the painting "Taras Shevchenko. I Look at the Dawn..." created by him in 1918. In his sacred works, one can see Ukrainian ethnic ornaments - his icons "The Virgin Mary" and "Jesus Christ" in embroidery are famous.

The Osyp Kurylas Museum in Shchyrets is a place for personal and thematic exhibitions, open-air exhibitions and informative lectures.

The museum-house of Osyp Makovey was created in Yavoriv in the house where this outstanding Ukrainian poet, prose writer, satirist, publicist, teacher and public figure was born.

The exhibition is housed in three halls: two rooms and halls. In one room, the belongings of the Makovey family are collected: furniture (chairs, table), dishes, embroidery, toys. In the other - photos of Osyp with his family and friends; his letters, books; portraits Household items are presented in the halls.

Makovey studied at the Ukrainian gymnasium in Lviv and at the philological faculty of Lviv University. He was the editor of "Zorya" magazine, "Bukovyna" newspaper, one of the editors of "Literary and Scientific Herald". In 1901, he received the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy for researching the works of Panteleymon Kulish.

During the First World War in 1914-1918, he served as a military translator of the Austrian army, the head of postal censorship, later - in a radio group. In the post-war period, he worked as the director of a teachers' seminary in Zalishchyky.

Makovey maintained friendly relations with Ivan Franko,Lesya Ukrayinka and other writers. He began his literary activity at the end of the 80s of the 19th century under the pseudonyms: Spectator, Osyp Stepanovych.

The Museum of the Liberation Struggle of the OUN-UPA in the village of Kavske in the Lviv region was created in 1993 on the initiative of local historian Zinovyi Kochmarskyi, who was born in exile because his parents were repressed by the Soviet authorities.

The museum is located on the second floor of the People's House of the village of Kavske. In four halls, materials are presented that tell about the history of the resistance movement during the Soviet occupation of Galicia and about the various stages of the struggle of Ukrainian patriots for the liberation of the enslaved people.

The uniforms of Sich riflemen and UPA soldiers, original documents from the declassified archives of the NKVD administration of the former Drohobytsk region, a typewriter and rebel belongings found in 1997 in a hiding place in the Beletsky forest, embroideries sewn in Stalin`s camps, OUN documents and unique photographs are presented.

A special exhibit is Stepan Bandera's handwritten letter dated March 28, 1956, which he wrote to his friends in the USA.

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Chenstokhova was founded in Velykyi Liubin in 1930 on the initiative of Bishop Boreslav Tvardovski.

The temple was consecrated in 1932, but construction continued for another 5 years.

Since 1949, the church was used by the Soviet authorities as a grain warehouse and a garage for agricultural machinery.

The Church of Our Lady of Chenstokhova was returned to Catholics in 1992.

The Palace of Arts "Villa Bianca" in Drohobych is a vivid example of the Secession architectural style (Viennese Art Nouveau) of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The richly decorated dark green two-story building belonged to Dr. Yozef Rott, a radiologist. The house is described in Bruno Schulz's novel "Spring" as "Villa Bianca".

Now it is the building of the Palace of Arts, which belongs to the "Drohobychchyna" museum, and is used as an exhibition center.

Wall paintings by Bruno Schultz, discovered in 2001 at "Villa Landau" in Drohobych, are presented here.

The thematic exhibition "Treasures of Count Lyantskoronsky" presents more than 150 items of highly artistic works of fine and decorative and applied art.

Ukrainian painting of the 20th century is also presented.

The three-storey townhouse at the corner of Rynok Square and Stavropihiyska Street is one of the oldest buildings in the central part of Lviv.

Built in the style of the late Renaissance in 1593. It was in this house that the wealthy Florentine merchant Roberto Bandinelli in 1629 opened the first post office in Lviv. Later the owners were local Armenians, Austrians and Poles.

Now "Palazzo Bandinelli" is a department of the Lviv Historical Museum, which recreates the residential interiors typical of the life of wealthy Lviv residents of the XVII-XVIII centuries.

For the attention of visitors - a hall for ceremonial receptions, and also enfilades of rooms: a drawing room, a gallery of a front portrait, an office, a dining room, etc. The rooms exhibit samples of handmade furniture, porcelain and earthenware from Europe, China and Japan, a collection of silverware, paintings.

The decoration of the collection is woven wallpaper, made to order by King Louis XVI of France. Of great interest is the interior of the kitchen, where samples of antique metal utensils are collected.

Earlier, the Palazzo Bandinelli housed the Royal Mail Museum, which told about the development of the postal service in Galicia, the construction of postal tracts, the opening of post offices with hotels, the emergence of stagecoaches and postmen.

The People's History and Local History Museum of the Dobrotvir urban-type village and surrounding villages bears the name of its founder, local historian, artist and collector Yosyf Brykaylo. It was he who assembled the museum exhibit, which opened to visitors in 1995.

The museum's collection includes about three thousand monuments of Nadbuzhanshchyna. It presents the reconstruction of dwellings and tools of primitive people, fragments of ceramics from different periods, weapons of princely times, household items and samples of handicrafts of local residents of the XIX-XX centuries, historical documents and photographs, portraits of prominent personalities.

The People's Museum of Father Markiyan Shashkevych in the village of Novosilky was opened in 2011 for the 200th anniversary of his birth. It is located in the premises of the former village school built in 1928.

The outstanding Ukrainian writer, public figure, "awakener" of national consciousness in Galicia, Markiyan Shashkevych, was the parish priest of the village of Novosilky in 1842-1843. It was here that he died and here is the place of his first burial.

The museum presents a gallery of portraits of Markiyan Shashkevych and photos of memorable places connected with him. Here you can learn about the activities of the "Ruthenian Triad" (Ruska Triytsia) society founded by Shashkevych, about his literary heritage and about the history of the reburial of the "alarmist".

The ethnographic exposition presents everyday objects of residents of Novosilky of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, embroideries, icons, and old prints. A monument to Father Markiyan Shashkevych (sculptor Teodozia Bryzh) has been installed in front of the museum.

Peremyshliany Museum of History and Local Lore is a branch of the Lviv Historical Museum.

The museum is housed in an old Art Nouveau building located in the center of Peremyshliany.

An exposition about the nature of Peremyshliany region, the history of Peremyshliany and the whole region is presented.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Roman Catholic community of the village of Poliany was small and belonged to the parish in Pomoriany. However, the owners of the village Frantsishek Hursky and Valerian Valsky decided to build a chapel here.

Thus, in 1904, the Peter and Paul Church was built according to the project of the famous architect Yulian Zakharevych in a transitional style from historicism to modernism. In 1924, a separate Roman Catholic parish was formed in the village of Poliany, which remained there until 1944, when the priest left the village.

After the Second World War, the Soviet government used the church as a warehouse, dividing the premises into two floors. Today, the church remains inactive and is in a deplorable state. Nearby is an old Polish cemetery.

The monument in honor of the military pilot, the founder of the highest aerobatics, the author of the "dead loop" Petro Nesterov, is located on the outskirts of the village of Volia-Vysotska, at the place of the pilot's death.

In 1914, during an aerial battle with the Austrian ace, Baron Fridrikh fon Rozental, who piloted the heavy biplane "Albatross", Nesterov on his light "Moran" made the first air ram in the world. Both planes crashed, the pilots were killed. A memorial sign was installed at the place where Nesterov's plane crashed.

In Soviet times, a memorial with a museum and a 45-meter monument in the form of a jet plane emerging from the "dead loop" was built, and the neighboring town of Zhovkva bore the name of Nesterov for some time.

During the years of independence of Ukraine, the memorial in honor of the Russian pilot was neglected, but the monument was preserved.

The oldest pharmacy in Lviv has been operating on Rynok Square for almost 300 years.

The pharmacy in the townhouse "Under the Black Eagle" was opened in 1735 by a military pharmacist Frants Vilhelm Natorp, as evidenced by a wrought-iron sign with the emblem of medicine above the entrance. On both sides of the neat portal there are relief portraits of the god of healing Aesculapius and his daughter - the goddess of health Hygiene.

The old interior of the trade hall, paintings by Viennese masters on the ceiling, antique scales and cash registers have been preserved.

In 1966, the Museum of the History of Pharmacy opened here, with an exposition of more than 3,000 exhibits. In the exhibition halls you can see a variety of pharmaceutical devices, reconstruction of the pharmacist's home, an underground alchemical laboratory.

The courtyard recreates the view of the house of a rich burgher of the XVI-XVII centuries.

Pharmacy "Under the Black Eagle" continues to serve people today, becoming a state pharmacy № 15. In addition to drugs, you can buy the world-famous "Iron Wine" (aqueous solution of iron sugar used in iron deficiency anemia) and the popular Lviv tincture "Vihor", which is considered a means of increasing potency. Memorable souvenirs are also sold here.

Pidhirtsi Castle is the most beautiful castle of the "Golden Horseshoe of Lviv Region", a vivid example of the transition from defensive to palatial architecture of noble residences of the Renaissance era.

It was built according to the project of the Italian architect Andrea del Aqua and the military engineer Guillaume de Beauplan (author of the famous "Description of Ukraine" and compiler of the "General Map of Ukraine") for the Crown Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski on the northern outskirts of the ancient Rus Plisnesko Hillfort.

It was one of the most beautiful palaces on the territory of Eastern Europe, embodying the fashionable type of aristocratic residence at the time, which combined luxurious housing with bastion fortifications (the so-called palazzo in fortezza).

After the War of Liberation, the Sobieskis, who owned the castle since 1648, restored the palace and decorated the interiors. Grand balls were held here with the participation of European monarchs. The Russian Tsar Peter I, who visited here in 1711, took several sculptures by Italian masters to St. Petersburg and soon began the construction of the Petropalace. In 1728-1779, the new owner of Pidhirtsi, Wacław Rzewuski, carried out a large-scale reconstruction of the castle, began collecting a collection of sculptures and paintings, and also organized a private theater. At that time, Pidhirtsi became famous as the "Galician Versailles".

The last owners - princes Sanguszko - turned their residence into a museum, but at the beginning of the First World War they had to save the collection. In 1939, Roman Sanguszko took a rich collection of works of art to Brazil and created the Sanguszko Foundation, which is managed by his descendants.

During Soviet times, the palace was looted, the interiors were destroyed by fire, and a tuberculosis sanatorium was placed in the premises. In the Soviet TV series "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers", Pidhirtsi Castle played the role of the city hall, where a ball was held for the city elders, where a brave Gascon delivered the queen's diamond pendants (many believe that it was the Louvre or Versailles).

Now the Pidhirtsi Castle Museum-Reserve is a branch of the Lviv National Art Gallery. Since 1997, restoration and creation of a museum has been underway. A courtyard with a well, a terrace on the bastions, an exhibition of old photographs in the casemates, as well as the dungeon of the castle with the "White Lady" exhibition, which is dedicated to the legend of the ghost of the Pidhirtsi castle, are open to visitors.