What is interesting to visit Khmelnitsky?

Khmelnitsky sights Khmelnitsky is not only the administrative center of Khmelnitsky region. At the same time, this city has a fairly rich history associated with passing through it trade routes. Nowadays Khmelnitsky is attractive for tourists from different regions of Ukraine, as well as from neighboring countries: Poland, Belarus. The city is also interesting for its modernity, offering a lot of places where you can have fun, dine and relax. For this purpose, both in the vicinity and in the city there are many health centers, hotels and recreation centers.

History of Khmelnitsky

Khmelnitsky is about 600 years old, and the city is very interesting represented by its architectural ensemble. The center of the city is a set of administrative buildings and mansions built in the late 19 - early 20 centuries. Today these buildings have different purposes: some are the City Council, others are museums, theaters and other institutions.

Khmelnitsky's current appearance dates back to the Soviet era, when famous buildings were built: the regional administration, the theater, and the Philharmonic Hall. In addition, there are memorials to Taras Shevchenko, as well as to Bohdan Khmelnitsky, Anton Makarenko, and Nikolai Ostrovsky.

A very interesting place in Khmelnitsky is the Dominican Monastery, as well as the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, founded back in 1612. Its modern building was built a little later - in 1789. The monastery operated until 1859, then became an Orthodox church, the work of which was suspended during the Soviet era. Only in 1991, this monastery was returned to the Catholic communities.

Khmelnitsky sights

Khmelnitsky sightsThe Art Gallery of Khmelnitsky, as well as the city historical and local history museum deserve special attention. In addition, there is an art regional museum, which contains more than 8000 works of art represented by contemporary artists. It is noteworthy that the art gallery is housed in the premises formerly belonging to the bank.

Khmelnitsky History Museum is attractive because its exhibitions are able to tell a lot of interesting things about the city. It is located in one of the modern buildings of the city center and is ready to offer its visitors more than 60,000 various objects of historical value from different eras.

The citizens and guests of Khmelnitsky are attracted by the public garden in honor of Taras Shevchenko. On its territory until the 19th century there was an oak grove, and later in its place a shopping area appeared, and at the end of the century it was decided to create a park, for which a huge number of ornamental bushes and trees were planted. Particularly curious will undoubtedly enjoy the work of the master N. Mazur, which are full of mystery metal sculptures.