The territory of Zakarpattia region contains 12 ancient castles (largely in ruins) which are the archeological memorials of the architecture of the Middle Ages.
1. Uzhhorod Castle (the city of Uzhhorod) – XIth century, presently a museum.
2. Mukacheve Castle “Palanok” (the town of Mukachevo) – XIth century presently, a museum.
3. Nevytsky Castle (Nevytske village of Uzhhorodskyi district) – ruins, XIII-XVIIth century.
4. Serednyans’ky Castle (Seredne village of Uzhhorod district) – ruines, XII-XVIIIth century.
5. Chynadiyovo Castle (urban village of Chynadiyovo of Mukacheve district) – the park construction, XIVth century.
6. Bronetskyi Castle (Bron’ka village of Irshavskyi district) – the ruins, XIII-XIVth century.
7. Kvasy Castle (the village Kvasove of Beregovo district) – ruins, XII-XVIth century.
8. Borzhava Castle (Variyevo village in Beregovo district) – ruins, XII-XVIth century.
9. Korolevo Castle (urban village of Korolevo, Vynogradiv district) – the remains, XI-XVIIth century.
10. Vynogradiv Castle (the town of Vynogradiv) – ruins, XI-XVIth century.
11. Khust Castle (the town of Khust) – ruins, XI-XVIIIth century.
12. Vyshkiv Castle (the urban village of Vyshkiv in Khust) – remains, XIII-XIVth century.
Zakarpattia Region presents a vast range.

 A brief Survey of Zakarpattia Museums history

Kvasy Castle is a typical fortress of the feudal knight. The fortress controlled the merchants’ “salt route” and the exit from the Borzhava valley. In the XVIth century the owner of the castle Pavlo Motyznai would rob the neighbours-feudal type lords and local people. That was the reason why in 1565 the Hungarian Seym ordered to ruin the castle and seize the property of the owner for the benefit of the country. In the winter Austrian troops besieged the castle and launched an onslaught. But the owner of the castle managed to escape together with his army well before that. The fortress was looted and finally set on fire. Since that time it has not been reconstructed any more.
Khust Castle – in 1191 Hungarian kings accomplished the construction of a fortress that had been in progress for more than 100 years. In 1242 a battle against Tatar-Mongol horde took place near the castle and consequently the fortress was demolished. In 1511 the Khust Castle was leased out to the count Gabori Pereni. After 1526 it was provided to Transsilvan princedom. During the XVIth century the castle used to be the cause of permanent fighting between the Austrian Empire and Transsilvania. In 1661-1662 the fortress was many a time attacked by Turks. During the liberation war of 1703-1711 the castle garrison joined the rebellious forces headed by the duke Ferents II Rakotsi . In 1766 a severe thunderstorm swept through Khust. The lightning hit the gunpowder tower of the Castle and burnt it to ashes. After the castle was struck by the lightning once again in 1798, the government permitted to ruin its southern ceiling for the construction of the Catholic Church in the town.
The history of Zakarpattia castles is as much thrilling as the history of the whole Transcarpathian land which it is closely connected with.

 

Museums of Zakarpattia.

Zakarpattia Museum of Folk Architecture and Household is a distinctive ensemble of Ukrainian national heritage that consists of the architectural gems of  an ancient Transcarpathian village as well as specimens of the oldest and most common Kinds of traditional folk arts and crafts. That is one of the first Ukrainian museums to be set up in the open air. It was officially opened in June, 1970.
From the west to the east there are seven farmsteads, six premises, a church, a chapel, a school, a smithy, a windmill, a mortar fullery and an inn. Overall the museum comprises over 14 thousand exhibits.
 Address : 33/a Kapitulna Str, Uzhhorod.
 Tel: (03122) 37392
 Open: from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
 Day off: Tuesday.
Zakarpattia Museum of Regional Studies – has been operating since June, 1945. Its collection amounts to approximately 110 thousand exhibits.

 

“Sriberna Zemlia” Museum – is a vivid example of how in our rapidly changing times the culture of our ancesters is being preserved and enriched due to the sheer enthusiasm of one man. The museum occupies three rooms where there is an ample collection of display units grouped into 12 thematic sections. Among dispays there are 65 folios on religious theme and the manuscript of the Gospels written in the XVIIIth century, ancient chalice, an icon that belongs to Zakarpattia school of  painting, the first Ukrainian hryvnias, rare stamps of many countries. Besides there are kept more than 200 samples of clothes, mostly Hutsulian, 250 homespun towels, spinning looms with reels, a great number of household goods (tubs, jars, painted plates, berbenychky). Further more while attending the museum you will be able to admire the canvas exhibition of Zakarpattian painter Tegza V.V. who is the owner of the museum. The  artist’s paintings present still lives depicting ancient items of household, cult monuments (wooden chapels) and native landscapes.
 Address: 2, Prykordonna Str.,
 Grushovo village,
 Tel: (03134) 53336
 Free entrance.
 Prearrangement for excursions - by phone.

 

Museum-house “Lemkivs’ka Sadyba”.
The museum was founded in 1985. It represents the way of lemkys' life – one of the ethnographic population groups of Zakarpattia. The house was made of beech logs in 1902.
The complex consists of a living part which includes a hut , inner porch and warehouse, and utility rooms: threshing barn, cattle-shed, pigsty – all of them built in a row under the same roof. Such type of housebuilding is very typical of the lemky ethnic group. The household items, exposed in the museum represent the way of lemky’s life and household at the beginning of the XXth century. There is a wooden mortal, millstones, large wooden bowls, tubs for sour cabbage with a straw lid in the inner porch-old instruments, wooden barrets, table-ware, knee-high boots; in the treshing barn – a table, a carven bed, a closet, a hand-made cradle. You can enjoy all this as well as gay and sad folk songs and paying a visit to a hospitable mountain village. You also will be given exhaustive explanations and commentaries on the museum exhibits.
Address: village of Zarichevo, Perechyn District
Phone: (03145) 215-42; 412-25
Free entrance. Prearrangement for excursions – by phone.

 

Smithy-museum “Gamora”
It is a unique monument of blacksmith’s handicraft which is quite original due to the mechanism of its functioning: for making agricultural ironworks heavy forgery hammers are put into action by force of falling water from the Lysynchanka river. It is the very principle that blacksmiths used in the past. The smithy was built at the beginning of the XIXth century. A dam for water accumulation in a storage pool was constructed in the river. Water ran to the paddles of wheels in the smithy, which in their turn set in motion blacksmiths' hammers 125 kg of weight. Under the strikes of the hammers metallic billets became feedstocks for spades and other tools.
Four hammers used to be run by 16 craftsmen who  could also mould details for figured fences, iron beds and other household items famous far beyond the bounds of Zakarpattia. The smithy had been working without breaking untill  the times of Soviet collectivization. Now it is a museum.
 Address: village of Lysycheve, Irshava district.
 Tel: (03144) 22604; 39221

 

Weaving Museum is fascinating by its content and extremely interesting by the history of its appearance. It was set up on the initiative of a local school headmaster and his pupils. So all the exhibits are located in the museum room of a secondary school of Velyki Belegy village of Beregovo district. A beautiful collection of ancient embroidery at homespun linen aged more than 130 years. The folk ornaments have preserved the original rich colours. There is also a great number of various irons, clay jars of different shapes and uses together with lots of other household items. But it is ancient spindles and wearer’s looms that may be regarded as the most precious and peculiar museum exhibits. Senior schoolgirls spend hours trying to master the obsolete. Craft of their grandmothers at  labour skills classes. Excellent works of pupils are exposed not only in the Weaving Museum, but also abroad in many towns and cities of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland at the request of ethnographic exhibitions organizers.
 Address: the village of Velyki Beregy, Beregovo district
 Tel: (03141) 22079; 96223; 96289
 Opened: daily except Sunday
Excursions may be prearranged by phone.

 

Zakarpattia Museum of Regional Studies: was founded in June, 1945. The museum exhibits of about 115 thousand, specimens acquaint visitors with the history and culture of the region. By thematic criterion they are grouped into separate funds, collections, departments:
– Folk Arts Department with especially rich collection of musical instruments
– Spiritual Culture and History of Religion Department;
– Natural studies Department with a peculiar collection of mineral resources, stuffed animals;
– Ethnographical funds accounting more than 2 thousand specimens of folk embroidered cloth;
– One of the largest bronze archealogical remains collection – over 3 thousand articles (dated mostly XIII-XIIth centuries B.C.);
– A rare numismatic collection;
– A collection of fire arms of the XIV-XXth centuries;
– Rare manuscript books.
Address: 33, Kapitulna Str.,
Phone: (03122) 34442
e-mail: www.@muzeum.ua
Opened: 10:00 a.m.-18:00 p.m.
Day off: Tuesday.

 

Mukacheve History Museum is located in the town castle «Palanok», one of the few that has survived hard times.
Palanok is one of the most valuable historical and military – architectural monuments of the XIV-XVIIth centuries. Through centuries it served as a fortress to protect trade and military strategical routes. Over that time the castle belonged to many owners and stood many sieges. The siege from 1685 till 1688 organized by emperial armed forces being the most continued. The fortress was defended by duchess Ilona Zrini.
From 1703 till 1711 the castle was a core of Hungarian national liberation war headed by Transylvanian of count. Ferents II Rakotsi. The rebellious rusyny (Kurutsy) took an active part in it.
The history of the castle (and Zakarpattia on the whole) is reflected in ethnographical history expositions, that of antiquities and natural display units. In 12 chambers there are to be seen numerous paintings including ancient icons. There also are several memorial chambers, as well as a collection of painted Transcarpathian eggs.
Address: Mukacheve, Palanok Str.,
Phone: (03131) 440 53, 440 96
e-mail: www.zamokpalanok.mk.uz.ua
Opened: 9:00a.m.-18:00p.m.
Day off: Monday.

 

Museum of Mountain Ecology and Natural Resources Exploitation History in the Ukrainian Carpathians
A unique Ukrainian museum of mountain ecology operates in Carpathian biosphere reserve.
Exposition of the museum consists of two departments. The first one illustrates the history of the Carpathian Mountains, their geology, geomorphology, main types of landscapes, their flora and fauna. Two dioramas is its main adornment - «Karst cave» which imitates its interior with stalactites and stalagmites, and «Beech virgin forest» which shows the fragments of savage virgin forest remained on the slopes of calciferous rocks of massif Ugol'ky where there grow gigantic trees. The second part is dedicated to the usage of nature resources in Ukrainian Carpathians since late palaeolith age till nowadays.
Generally, the whole museum complex combines nature and culture, olden forthcoming times. Attending will attach a new sense to our comprehension of the majestic power of prehistoric nature as well as  it integral part – man .
Address: 77, Chervone Pleso Str., Rakhiv;
Phone: (03122) 22193: 22628

 

Saltmine History Museum
Museum is situated not far from the saltmine in Solotvyno, one of the biggest saltmines in Europe (salt deposits - 300 million tons, width of the industrial exploitation layer – 300m).Visit the museum and you will get to know all the methods of salt mining on the territory of our region during different historic epochs.
 Until the 18th century, till the construction of the first industrial mine, salt from the Solotvyno mine was extracted in a primitive open way: digging regular 20-meter deep, later cone-shape, 150 meter-deep pits. Salt was escalated in buffalo skins and cut into pieces. Each piece had a personal brand and was sent to the royal official. The conditions of work in mines were extremely difficult, whereas the rewards were minimal.
Visit the museum and you’ll have a chance not only to get to know about such interesting historical facts, but also observe the clothes and tools of miners, as well as various mining constructions.
Solotvyno, Tjachiv region
Tel. (03134) 2-10-06
Free entrance. Excursions must be arranged in advance. Call contact telephone.

 

Zatysjanskyj Museum of Regional Ethnography
- opened for visitors  in 1970th , situated in the old Hungarian building (1895).
Museum pieces introduce the visitors to the history, life and traditions of Hungarians in Transcarpathia. On the territory of the museum, in the yard in the open air one can find the house of a teacher, a poor-man’s house, a middle class house and a Greek-Catholic church. It all reflects the life of Zatysjanschyna people at the beginning of 1920th.
Address Tisobyken, Vynohradiv region
Tel. (03143) 3-23-22, 3-32-38
Free entrance. Excursions must be arranged in advance. Call contact telephone.

 

Wooden Churches of Transcarpathia
Berehovo region
Hetjen
A towerless reformation church was built from stone in 1793 on the territory of the old one. A single wooden belfry of ideal proportions with a spear-shaped spike and four little pinnacles adds to the magnificent ensemble of antique constructions. The belfry in the village of Hetjen is the most graceful and sophisticated one in terms of  its silhouette. The bells date back to 1783, which indicates the time of belfry construction.

 

1. Hetjen. Reformation Church, 1793 and Belfry, XVII.
Muzhievo
Late Gothic stone church in Muzhievo was built in XV. Beautiful Gothic elements include arrow-shaped windows and a western portal. Wooden belfry has an enlarged lower layer with a broad over-head. A four slope roof ends in a sharp spire. The belfry was built in XVII.

 

2. Muzhievo. Reformation Church, XV and Belfry, XVII.
Gothic Reformation church dates back to XV. Ornamental compositions of folklore style made in 1753 on the wooden ceiling of the church, divided in to 60 squares, are of great artistic value. Tracery was made at the same time as the construction of the wooden belfry of framework structure. It truly is the masterpiece of folk architecture and the tallest belfry in Transcarpathia.

 

3. Chetfolvo. Reformation Church, XV and Belfry, 1753.
Velykobereznjanskyj region
Bukovtsiova
Church belongs to wooden baroque style churches although originally it was built in the Bojko style. According to the inscription on the jamb it was reconstructed by Hryhorij Makarovych in 1791. A beautiful iconostas dates back to XVIII. The drawings were made in 1821.

 

4. Bukovtsiova. St. Anna’s Church, XVII, 1971.
Kostryno
The church in Kostryno belongs to outstanding monuments of Ukrainian architecture of Bojko style. It is a work of art which perfectly fits into the ravishing landscape. The length of the church – 15m., width – 7m, height of the tower – 14m.

 

5. Kostryno. Church of Holly Mother’s Intercession, 1645, 1761.
Uzhok.
Wooden church in Uzhok is the landmark of Transcarpathia. It is one of the most interesting architectural samples of Bojko style. Despite its small size the shape of the church with its dominating dome creates the impression of a stern, heroic building. Decorative elements include: the entrance door with the wide jamb and the arched aisle leading from the pews to the nave.
The inscription above the door testifies that the church was built by Pavlo Toniv from the village of Bitli, Lviv region and Ivan Tsyhanyn from Tykhe.

 

6. Uzhok. St. Michael’s Church 1745.
Chornoholova.
Wooden church in Chornoholova belongs to the best examples of Transcarpathian folk baroque architecture. It was built from fir-tree in XVII, having three peaks typical of Bojko style. After the reconstruction in 1794 by Matij Khymych from Luchky, the church obtained its present look. Our special attention is drawn to the tower with its rich baroque decorations. The peculiarity of the church lies in its carved pillars supporting the ceiling around the pews and the nave.

7. Chornoholova. St. Nicola’s Church, XVII, 1794.
Vynohradiv region
Beken
Stone church built in the end XIII, beginning  XIV became a reformation church in XVI. It is one of the oldest Roman style monuments in Transcarpathia. In 1960th a new belfry was built on the territory of the old one.

 

8. Beken. Reformation Church, XIV.
Novoselytsia.
Local church is one of the most outstanding monuments of Ukrainian church –building. It is the smallest and at the same time the most dynamic Gothic church. Dominating vertical tunefulness of the church is brought by its tower with a high arrow-shaped spire. In the pews one can find the inscription testifying that the church was built by Kochalovych in 1669. Impressive are the architectural and decorative details of the church. There is an amazing ornamental composition carved on the jambs. The tower is decorated by the tulip-shaped tracery in vertical hems. Church interior preserves drawings on the walls (XVII) which are unique examples of Ukrainian Halytska School of painting. In the beginning of XIX a new iconostas of Rococo style was erected on the eastern wall of the church. The church as well as its drawings has been reconstructed in 1979-1981 by Lviv specialists.
A two-storey wooden belfry is situated near the church.

 

9. Novoselytsia. Holly Mother’s Church, 1669.

 

10. Novoselytsia. Iconostas of the Church of Intercession.
Volovets region
Abranka
The church in Abranka built in 1804 belongs to the group of wooden Baroque churches on  the river Latorytsia.  Only the Baroque part of the tower and the part above the altar are covered by tin-plate. The pews and the nave are equally wide, whereas the five-wall altar is much wider. On the main façade the over-head forms an open porch based on four pillars.
Near the church there is a two-story belfry. The lower part is made of wood-framing and the upper one – of substructure framework.

 

11. Abranka. Church of Holly Mother’s Introduction, 1804.
Huklyvyj
Huklyvska church built of fir-tree on the river-stone foundation belongs to the masterpieces of Verkhovyna. It is the oldest church in Volovets region. The church is rather high but very proportional. Every element turns into the other one very organically. The structure opens all the potential of wood as material. Part of impressive architectural ensemble is an eight-meter high belfry. According to the inscription in the chronics “Huklyvskij Litopys” icons were painted by a German citizen Franz Pier in 1784.

 

12. Huklyvyj. Church of Holly Spirit, XVIII.
Irshava region
Dorobratovo
In 1930th due to the help of priest Evhen Ujhelia a new monumental brick church (total area – 492 square meters) was being built according to the project of Uzhhorod architect – Emiljan Egreshi. Iconostas and altar were carved by Ivan Pavlyshynets. Icons of the iconostas, side altar as well as altar icon were painted by a renowned Transcarpathian artist Josip Bokshaj.

 

13. Dorobratovo. Iconostas by Josip Bokshaj.
One of few small wooden churches which have luckily survived. It is dated corresponding to the inscription on the jamb. Its five-pointed altar wooden framing is made from oak. The two-slanted roof covers all the framings. Above the pews rises the low tower with a spire on top. An additional substructure has been built later to  enlarge the inner space up to the pews. A wooden steeple is typical of many villages in Verkhovyna (substructured, two-storeyed, having a wide over-head).
Unfortunately in 1996 the church was covered by blazing tin-plate whereas ancient framings were covered by new plates.

 

14. Ivashkovytsa. St. Michael’s church, 1658.
Mizhhirja region
Kolochava- Horb
Wooden two-framing church belongs to the best Transcarpathian architectural achievements. According to the inscription on the jamb, church was built by Ferentz Tekka in 1795. The proportions of the church are very well preserved. A tall tower above the pews ends in an astonishing Baroque ensemble. The headed lights accentuate the top of the roofs above the nave and the altar. Two-storeyed belfry is now covered with tin-plate. Both monuments were reconstructed in 1969-1970.

 

15. Kolochava-Horb. Church of Holly Spirit, 1975.
Pylypets
Church was built of fir tree in the second half of XVIII (probably in 1780), its today’s look it obtained after the reconstruction in 1841.
The church has a very monumental look. The building has a very stern and mammoth shape. The lower part of the tower is covered by gonth and the upper one – by plants with carved lower part.
Near the church stands a monumental two-storeyed steeple, built in 1758.

 

16. Pylypets. Holly Mother’s Church, 1780.
Roztoka
Church preserves unique proportions and impressive artistic details. In XVII it was a three- peak Bojko style church. Approximately in 1759 according to the inscription on the southern door  it was redecorated and obtained its modern image. The tower has a horizontal parting peaked by a four-slanted dome and the baroque top. Once open porch became a glazed veranda.
The wooden belfry near the church dates back to XVIII.

 

17. Roztoka. Church of Holly Mother’s Introduction, XVII, 1759.
Mukachiv region
Vilkhovytsa
The wooden church built in Bystrytsa was moved to Vilkhovytsa in 1910. It was redecorated the same year. The church is built of oak, covered by two-slanted roof which is rimmed above the five-pointed altar. Special attention is drawn to the jamb made of several broad plates and highly decorated by geometric design. In the interior the aisle from the pews to the nave is considered to be very interesting and original. The old iconostas with XVII icons was taken into pieces in 1990.

 

18. Vilkhovytsa. Church of Holly Martyr Dmitrij, XVII.
Perechyn region
Likitsary
Church was built of fir-tree in XVII having three peaks, typical of Bojko style. In 1748 church was redecorated and obtained its today’s image. Church has a two-slanted roof. Above the pews there is a low square tower with the baroque top. The small steeple similar to the tower stands at the highest point of the roof above the altar.

 

19. Likitsary. Church of St. Vasyl the Great, XVII, 1746.
Rakhiv region
Lazyschyna-Plytovatyj
One of two Transcarpathian cruciform Hutsul churches. Five pinnacles of the church are formed by crossing two rectangles, which in their plan have an almost even cross. The central element turns into the eight-wall drum covered by a steep eight-slanted  tent.
According to one of the versions church was built in 1780 in the village of Yablunytsa, Ivano-Frankivsk region In the winter of 1871 it was taken into pieces and moved on sleighs to Plytovatyj. A much more probable dating of the church is 1872 which corresponds to the inscription on the jamb.

 

20. Lazhyschyna-Plytovatyj.
Serednje Vodjane
Two wooden churches have been preserved in the Romanian village. The upper church belongs to biggest ancient wooden churches in Potyssa and Ukraine. The oldest parts are the wooden framings (1428) and the upper part of church built in 1600. Approximately in 1760 there has been another restoration. Stern, monumental shape of the church similar to Roman constructions firmly stands out on the blue-sky background. It is one of few wooden churches which have drawings on the walls.  A four-level iconostas dates back to 1761.Near the church there is a wooden one storey framed belfry with a very interesting wooden crucifiction.

 

21. Seredje Vodiane. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer (upper), 148, XVII.
Seredje Vodiane.
The lower church was made of two wooden framings and a five pointed altar built of oak. Church is characterized by a two-slanted roof and an over-head covering all the surfaces. A high tower covered by a stern dome typical of many Maramorosh churches stands above the pews. The church lacks any decorations preserving its severe look but for the small windows in the upper part of the building. The interesting peculiarity of the church lies in the location of the door which is situated on the southern facade. Church was built in the middle XVII.

 

22. Seredje Vodiane. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer middle XVII.
Yasinia.
Famous Strukivska church was named after the founder of the village Ivan Struk who built a chapel on the place of existing church and since then the hill and the church are considered to be holly.
Ascension church belongs to impeccable wooden churches of Hutsulschyna. The jamb preserves the decorative composition consisting of three crosses and the date of its construction – 1824. Inside the church there is a wonderful iconostas. Attributable to its excellent architectural and artistic values the eleven meter belfry occupies one of the leading positions among the excellent masterpieces of Transcarpathian folklore. They say the belfry was moved to Ascension Church from the ruined by fire church situated in the northern part of the village in 1895. The upper jamb preserves the inscription with the date of belfry construction – 1813.

 

23. Yasinia. Church of Christ's Ascension (Strukivska), 1824 and Belfry, 1813.
Svaliava region
Uklyn
Present little church in Uklyn is considered to be a very rare architectural treasure. In late XIX  a Ukrainian famous scientist T. Lehotskyj took a great interest in the church. People say that the present church built from the wood of the old church is located on the territory of two ruined churches. Some elements of the old church have been preserved whereas two bells were moved to the new brick church built in 1992.

24. Uklyn.  Church of St. Peter and Paul late XVIII, early XIX.
Tjachiv region
Dibrova
Two wooden churches have been preserved in Dibrova. The lower church was built in 1604 (the other date – 1561) and reconstructed in the first half XVII. Church is characterized by well-preserved proportions. It stands on top of a hill touching the sky with its sharp spire. Church consists of two wooden framings of which the oldest part is its three-pointed altar with a small arched window. Wooden framings are covered by a two-slanted roof. Church was closed for many years and eventually turned into the ethnographical museum. Since 1994 it retained its status of the acting church.

 

25. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer, 1604, XVIII.

Kolodne.
Church in Kolodne belongs to the oldest monuments of Ukrainian wooden architecture. Originally built in Odariv ravine church was moved to its present location some years later. It preserves some of the features typical of defensive constructions. The oldest parts are the basic wooden framings built in XV from a solid twelve-meter wood. The other parts of the church date back to XVI, XVII, and XVIII. Church contains many archaic elements: cross-shaped window in the altar's eastern wall, a round window in the northern wall, small square windows in the side facades of nave, the entry portal with a vestry door.  According to the inscription on the lamp the baroque drawings on the walls are made by Anthony Vali in XVIII.

 

26. Kolodne. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer, 1470, XVIII.
Uzhhorod.
One of the best wooden churches is situated in Uzhhorod Museum in the open air. This Lemko church is distinguished by its perfect proportions, unique slimness and impeccable artistic details. A tall baroque tower is full of supreme grace. Beautiful pinnacles stand at the peak of tent's top, nave and altar. The general form rhythm is a dynamic take off. The tower above the pews is 22 meters high.
Church was built in 1777. After the construction of a new church in Shelestovo the wooden church was moved to Mukachevo in 1928. It was moved to Uzhhorod in 1974. It is the only Lemko church preserved in Transcarpathia.

 

27. Uzhhorod. Church of St. Archangel Michael, 1777.
Uzhhorod, Horiany.
Horiany Rotonda is one of the most ancient and precious Ukrainian architectural monuments. It consists of two parts. The oldest part is the actual Rotonda – a hexagonal centric structure with 2-2.5 m. wide walls and a hexagonal helmet-shaped dome based on a drum decorated in Roman motives beneath its cornice. The majority of scientists investigating Rotonda date it back to late X, early XI. The late gothic nave was added to Roman Rotonda in XIV. Ravishing frescos cover all the walls in Rotonda including the eastern nave wall. The frescos may belong to the hands of north Italian masters.

 

28. Uzhhorod. Horiany. Church of Holly Mother's Intercession.
Khust region
Danylovo.
Gothic church in Danylovo which belongs to the youngest Gothic churches of the region  is considered to be the most beautiful one.  Church is famous for its well preserved proportions. Its composition underlines the steep take off of the tower with its high spire. It looks as if in a minute this wooden masterpiece will break the laws of gravity. Church consists of two wooden framings built of oak. On the back facade of the church pews turn into the porch with arched pillars. The interior preserves the drawings of I. Cornmayer (1828).
A tall, slim wooden belfry is situated near the church.

 

29. Danylovo. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer, 1779.
Oleksandrivka.
With its clear-cut silhouette on the mountainous background the Gothic church in Oleksandrivka stands on a wide surface of a high hill. Church consists of two wooden framings with the center-oriented walls. The tower with its four pinnacles at the basis of the spire stands high above the back  wooden framings. In the main facade – open porch with the arched gallery. Church in Oleksandrivka has preserved  rich wall drawings made by Stephan Terebelskyj (1779) and other local artists.  The two storey wooden- framed belfry is situated near the church.

30. Oleksandrivka. Church of St. Paraskeva, XV, 1753.
Sokyrnytsia.
There is one more Gothic masterpiece in this village. The wooden framings of the church are covered by a high roof. The larger framing is divided into the pews and the nave. In the main facade – closed porch with a triangular window tracery and the entry portal. The pews' jamb is highly decorated by carvings. Iconostas was made in 1748.  According to the version of restorers church in Sokyrnytsia was built in Shashvar in early XVII. In 1770 after it was moved to Sokyrnytsia the church was reconstructed. The tower above the pews was built at the same time. The high wooden -framed belfry was built in the same year.

31.  Sokyrnytsia. Church of St. Nicolas, the Miracle Performer, XVII.