Monday 17 December 2012

Uzhhorod. Chapter 2

  Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross


Residence of the bishops of Mukachevo Greek Catholic Eparchy, built in 1646.


                                    Regional House of Popular Creation


                 St. Heorhiy Roman Catholic Cathedral, constructed in 1762-1766.


              One of the old city's buildings, called "a white ship" in the past.


                             Symbolic sculpture of the master of street lamps


Ss. Kyrylo and Mefodiy Ukrainian Theological Academy & Avhustyn Voloshyn Carpathian University


                                          Regional Theatre of the Dolls


                                                   Regional Philharmony


Monument to Yevhen Fentsyk, Greek Catholic priest, poet and writer.


                     Mini-monument to Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer


Monument to Avhustyn Voloshyn, president of Carpathian Ukraine, Greek Catholic priest and the rector of Uzhhorod Greek Catholic seminary.


                   Monument to Oleksandr Pushkin, Russian writer and poet


                           Independece Quay, central quay of Uzhhorod


Department of National Bank of Ukraine in Transcarpathian region (building, constructed in 1934-1936).


                          Transcarpathian Regionale State Administration


Monument to Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, writer, artist and public person


                             Ambar and wine cellars, built in 1781

                                                       Wine cellar (1781)


Monument to Transcarpathian artists Yosyf Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli


                                          Yosyf Bokshay Artistic Museum


Reformative Church, constructed in 1796 and reconstructed in 1905-1906.


                               Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral Church


                                           Uzhhorod Railway Station

                                       Good bye, beautiful Uzhhorod!

Thursday 13 December 2012

Uzhhorod. Chapter 1

                                             Uzh River and Orthodox Quay


        Protection of the Mother of God Orthodox Church, built in 1930.


                                                 Road to Uzhhorod Castle


                                   Uzh River and the part of Undercastle Park


The gates of Uzhhorod Castle, which was built in the XIVth century, though first Uzhhorod fortress was mentioned in the chronicles in 903. 


                                    Uzhhorod Castle's fortificational wall


         Another part of the castle's fortificational wall and Eastern bastion


The ruins of the ancientest Uzhhorod church, St. Yuriy Church, which was known in the chronicles since 1248 and situated in the castle's yard.


                         Bridge and the enter to Uzhhorod Castle's building


                              One of the parts of Uzhhorod Castle's building


                                 Restored former chapel in Uzhhorod Castle


                                  One of the rooms of Uzhhorod Castle


                          Collection of musical instruments, Uzhhorod Castle


                                  Hermes sculpture in Uzhhorod Castle's yard


 The enter to Uzhhorod skansen, Museum of Popular Architecture and Mode


St. Mykhayil wooden church, built in 1777, from Shelestovo village in Uzhhorod skansen


                                 Pottery stove from Velyki Komyaty village


                                  Woollen-mill  from Monastyrets village


House, constructed in the end of the XIXth century, from Steblivka village and a sheep. :)


                              Hives nearby rural house in Uzhhorod skansen


                        School, built in 1883, from Synevyrska Polyana village


                        Romanian house, built in1888, from Bedevlya village


Memorable table to Avhustyn Voloshyn, Greek Catholic priest, professor, rector of Uzhhorod Greek Catholic seminary and the president of  Carpathian Ukraine, on the building of the former seminary on Kapitulna Str.


                                             Uzhhorod Zoological Museum