Marvel at the timeless architectural marvels in Ukraine-Travel

Ukraine owns many beautiful and unique architectural works, making both tourists and professionals utter admiration.

Lore Museum, Poltava

It is one of the oldest museums in Ukraine, which can be considered the country’s first modernist building: a splendid, light-filled Art Nouveau edifice, decorated by traditional motifs of this land.

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The architect Vasyl Krychevsky is the creator of this building, he is a national hero and the cornerstone of Ukraine’s cultural identity. In addition to being an architect, he is also a painter, graphic designer and educator. He also designed the national coat of arms and banknotes for Ukraine.

Chimaeras Building, Kyiv

The building is as big as a phantasmagoric art nouveau castle, the design is like being surrounded by animals, dolphins, eagles, crocodiles, lizards, frogs, elephants or even her mermaids, all crawling over the roof and down the building’s facade.

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The President of Ukraine loves filming here, making the people equally excited. The building looks rather odd, but knowing that its author is the Polish architect Wladyslaw Horodecki, you won’t find it strange anymore because he has been dubbed the Gaudi of Kyiv.

Pysanka Museum, Kolomyia, Pokuttya

Pysanka is a traditionally decorated Easter egg, especially associated with Ukraine. This work was banned under the Soviet Union but later became a symbol of the country’s identity. Inside the giant egg is a collection of more than 12,000 small pysanky eggs collected from around the world.

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This is also the only museum in the world with such style and collection, even experts say this is the most Ukrainian building ever. This egg was designed by artists Vasyl Andrushko and Myroslav Yasinskyi born and raised in this region.

St George’s Church, Drohobych

There are almost 2,000 wooden churches in Ukraine and their existence is a miracle given their tumultuous history. The Carpathian tsverkas (churchs) close to the Polish border are listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

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Meanwhile, the 16th century St George’s Church is one of the oldest and best preserved churches. It is a large wooden structure with three onion-shaped domes, a spectacular combination of Orthodox church design and exquisite carpentry skills of the local people. Contrary to the simple, smooth exterior, the interior has wonderfully beautiful paintings and mirrors.

Derzhprom, Kharkiv

In 1928 when this vast administrative complex opened, it was one of the largest single structures in the world and contained the first Soviet skyscrapers (13 stories high). To this day, this building still looks like a sci-fi movie scene, with concrete blocks and large glass panels connected by daring “sky bridges”.

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Built in just 3 years, this complex is truly a monument of tectonic design, heavily influenced by American cities such as the Bauhaus. The recent skirmish, which took place right next door, is threatening the very existence of the building.

Salyut Hotel, Kyiv

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv still has many buildings with the breath of the former Soviet Union, some of which seem strange but have very heroic meanings about a historical period. Salyut Hotel was completed in 1984, looks like a large 7-storey concrete block with spikes, a large lid placed on top, located on a rather fragile base.

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According to some sources, the original design of this hotel was higher, but when it was built, it was reduced because of the high cost of the team, as well as because of the excessive boldness that made it difficult for the engineers of the time to realize. Okay.

Fort at Kamianets-Podilskyi

History tells us, the medieval fortress at Kamianets-Podilskyi fell to the enemy only twice, once to the Lithuanians in the 14th century and once to the Ottoman Turks in the 17th century. understand why: it is built on a limestone outcrop surrounded on three sides by the River Smotrych, accessible only by a bridge.

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The design of the building is equally perfect, it consists of a large courtyard surrounded by thick walls with 7 round towers that the original design has 12 towers. The castle was later added and rebuilt countless times over the centuries, making it almost a living history book of the area.

Potemkin Steps, Odessa

As a symbol of immortality in the 1925 film “Battleship Potemkin” by Sergei Eisenstein. In the movie, this place is dyed red with the blood of the enemy and the brave National Guard soldiers. In real life, this place is quite peaceful and simply a public area, but the attraction of the movie makes tourists come here more and more, even called a pilgrimage site of movie devotees.

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Officially known as the Primorsky Stairs, the structure resembles the stadium benches. The lowest step is more than 10 meters wide while the higher it goes, the smaller the width, creating a rather majestic sight when viewed from below.

Monastery in the Caves (Pechersk Lavra), Kyiv

Built on top of a cluster of caves overlooking the Dnieper River, this sprawling monastery dates back to the 11th century when Moscow was not yet a modern city. The exterior is baroque style of 17th century Ukraine, but the interior is gilded with gold furniture.

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The 18th-century Great Lavra bell tower is an important landmark of the region. Dormition Church – the main church of the monastery, was destroyed by the Nazis during the second world war, and was rebuilt and re-consecrated until 2000.