Attractions of Chortkiv district

The castle in Zolotyi Potik was built in the 17th century by Bratslav voivode Stefan Potoski and his wife Mariya Mohylyanka (relative of the founder of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Petro Mohyla).

The fortress controlled one of the trade routes from Halychyna and Volhynia to Moldova and Pokuttia. The castle, regular square in plan, is located on a low hill in the valley of the Tatarka River. Of the four corner hexagonal two-story towers with loopholes, only three have survived, and even then with significant changes. The height of the walls is about 5 meters, the thickness is up to 2 meters. In the center of the north-eastern facade of the castle is a three-tier entry tower. Outside, the castle was surrounded by a rampart and a deep moat with water. There was a one-story palace on the territory, and in the middle of the yard - a well, which is associated with the legend of the origin of the name of the Zolotyi Potik (allegedly, during a long siege, the defenders of the castle, tired of thirst, found a spring, which they called "golden").

The Zolotyi Potik Castle was captured several times by the Turks and Cossacks, but each time it was rebuilt, and it has survived to this day in good condition. Currently there are workshops on the territory.

The abandoned Roman Catholic church is located in the cemetery in the southern part of the village of Kolyndiany.

It was built in 1870 as the ancestral burial ground of the Horodysky nobles. According to other sources, members of the Albinovsky family are buried in the basement of the church.

The cult complex in the village of Rukomysh arose around the cave temple of the Holy Sepulchre, founded in the 13th century by Kyiv monks who came here after the destruction of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The basis for the temple was a natural cave in the travertine rock, which was further expanded. Next to the temple there are several smaller grottoes-cells, cut out of the rock by hand.

Later, the monks moved to Buchach, where they founded a new monastery, and only a few elders remained in Rukomysh.

In 1768, the Saint Onuphrius Church was built at the foot of the rock. It houses a unique wooden sculpture of Saint Onuphrius by the outstanding sculptor Ivan Heorhiy Pinzel, discovered here by chance.

The complex also includes a pool for sanctifying water and a Stations of the Cross with several chapels.

A cascade of waterfalls on the small river Rusylivska, which flows into Strypa near the village of Rusyliv.

In total, there are 20 waterfalls with a height of 1.5 to 12 meters in a three-kilometer canyon hidden in a forest grove. The total height of the cascade is 150 meters.

The beauty and variety of forms of the cascade are complemented by the bright colors of the local nature: dark red soil, green leaves, a huge number of colorful butterflies and dragonflies.

The romantic Rusyliv Falls compete for beauty with the similar scenery of the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Anna was built in Tovste in 1912 according to the project of the architect Teodor Maryan Talovsky on the site of the Roman Catholic monastery founded in 1717.

During Soviet times, the Church of Saint Anna was closed, the premises were used for economic purposes.

During the years of Ukraine's independence, Church of Saint Anna was returned to the Catholic community, and restoration is underway.

The beautiful neo-Gothic church of Saint Anna in Ozeriany was built in 1875 by Prince Leon Sapieha.

The project was developed by the Viennese architect Adolf Kuhn, the author of the Sapiehas Palace in Lviv. The exquisite portal is decorated with rich decor. The coats of arms of the Sapiehas have been preserved on the facade.

After the Second World War, the premises of the temple were used as a warehouse.

Currently, the church of Saint Anna has been returned to the Catholic community of Ozeriany. Its high silhouette is clearly visible above the surrounding buildings, from which side you would approach the village.

The Church of Saint Anthony was built in the village of Losiachin the late 19th and early 20th centuries (according to other sources - in 1889) at the expense of the Holukhovsky family.

The Neo-Gothic style temple has a high pointed bell tower that dominates the surrounding landscape.

During Soviet times, the building of the Church of Saint Anthony was used as a warehouse. In 1990, the church was returned to the Losiach Catholic community.

The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel - the main architectural landmark of the village - catches the eye of everyone who passes through Tovste on the Ternopil-Chernivtsi highway.

It was built in the years 1912-1939 according to the project of the Polish architect Yan Karol Sas-Zubzhytskyi instead of the wooden temple dismantled before the First World War.

The influence of Neo-Gothic style can be felt in the architecture of Saint Michael's Church. Ternopil artist Teodor Vatsyk decorated the interior a lot.

Today it is an active Greek-Catholic Saint Archangel Michael Church.

The Catholic Church of Saint Henry in Melnytsia-Podilska was built in the 19th century.

In Soviet times, it was closed by the authorities, the belfry was demolished.

The church building is located in the old park in the center of Melnytsia-Podilska.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint John Nepomuk in Turylche was built in 1871 at the expense of Count Yan Starzhensky, although the village at that time belonged to the landowners Ivanovsky.

The slender building of the church is made in the Neo-Gothic style. Statues of the apostles Peter and Paul are installed in niches on the facade on the sides of the main entrance, which is why the church is sometimes called Peter and Paul Church.

During the times of Soviet power, an agricultural warehouse was located in the premises of the Saint John Nepomuk Church.

A carved altar with a crucifix and apostles on the sides has been preserved inside. Currently, the church does not function.

The defensive church in honor of Saint Nicholas was built in Buchach at the expense of Mariya Mohylyanka, the wife of Count Stefan Pototsky, a cousin of Metropolitan of Kyiv Petro Mohyla.

The fortification nature of the harsh building located on the hill can be guessed from the loopholes on the second tier. Inside there is a richly decorated iconostasis.

The Saint Nicholas Church is the oldest preserved brick church in Buchach. It is currently an active church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Skala-Podilska was built in 1882 on the site of the old wooden Greek Catholic church founded in 1720.

The new stone church was built by the efforts of Father Kelestyn Kostecki. It was the first stone Greek-Catholic church on the outskirts.

In 1896, in the Nicholas Church, the historian Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi married Maria Voyakivska, who worked as a teacher in Skala-Podilska.

In 1946, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. The altar wall has been decorated with a mosaic panel of Saint Nicholas since 2011. Nearby is the "Korolyvka" spring, from which, according to legend, Prince Danylo Halytsky drank water.

The wooden Saint Nicholas Church in Vysichka is a characteristic work of the Podillya school of folk architecture.

It is located on the western outskirts of the village, next to the ruins of the castle.

It was built in 1763. Later, a stone nave was added to the nave instead of the original wooden one.

Nearby are the ruins of a Roman Catholic church.

The brick church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kolyndiany was built in 1888. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Onuphrius in Husiatyn was built in the 16th century, when the defense system of the medieval city was being formed, which also included a castle and a synagogue.

Together with the church, they formed a fortified triangle with the town hall square inside. The thickness of the walls of the temple reaches 2.2 meters. The upper battle tier has not been preserved. It was probably a wooden gallery around the perimeter of the tower. The walls around the temple have been preserved.

During the Turkish rule of 1672-1683, the Saint Onuphrius Church was rebuilt into a mosque.

Today it is an active Greek Catholic church.