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Uzhhorod Castle

is an extensive citadel on a hill in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.It was built in a mixture of architectural styles and materials between the 13th and 18th centuries and figured heavily in the history of Hungary.The very name of Uzhhorod/Ungvar refers to the castle, translating as "the Uzh castle".The earliest stone buildings on the site of the castle may be dated to the 13th century.Charles I of Hungary gave the castle grounds to his Italian supporters from the Drugeth family.They erected a rectangular defensive structure with rhomboid bastions that recalled the castles of South Italy.

Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the principal Ukrainian Orthodox church in Transcarpathia.It dominates the Cyril and Methodius Square in the city of Uzhhorod.The 60-metre-tall five-domed church was built in the 1990s after the Orthodox cathedral of the Holy Cross had been restituted to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.The modern building can hold up to 5000 worshippers.Its ground floor contains a chapel dedicated to the Feast of the Cross.The arch-priest is Dmytro Sydor.

Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture

Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life - an open air museum in the city of Uzhgorod (Ukraine), a member of the architectural monuments of the ancient Transcarpathian village and samples of the oldest and most widespread forms of folk arts and crafts.Began to form in the 1965 year is open to visitors in June 1970, occupies an area of 4 hectares, is located near the territory of the Uzhgorod castle.There are samples of housing estates and low-lying areas Transcarpathians (Ruthenian -dolinyan, Romanians and Hungarians) and Highlanders (dies and Hutsul).In the open-air museum has seven mansions, six residential buildings, a church bell tower, a school, a smithy, a mill, a tavern.The museum contains over 14 thousand exhibits.

Uzhhorod Botanical Garden

a monument of landscape art of national importance.Located on the street Olbrahta Ivan.Director - Dmitry Sojm.The Botanical Garden was founded shortly after the turn of Transcarpathia in the USSR, 28 November 1945 year.When you create a botanical garden in this area were two walnut-fruit garden, where grew 96 nuts and Botanical Garden is located on three terraces, vertical drop of 22 meters.A third area of the garden is located on the first and second terraces above the river and the rest of the territory down to the floodplain of the valley.Ground up volcanic source rocks covered with layer of loamy cultivated soils.

November - February

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