Kostel Blagovisenna

#235 among destinations in Ukraine

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The Sanctuary of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bołszowce - a historic, late Baroque complex of Piercelian buildings funded by the Polish hetman Marcin Kazanowski in 1624. He is considered one of the most valuable monuments of late Baroque architecture in western Ukraine. Inside the church there is a unique alabaster main altar.

The building complex includes the church and the Visitation Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The buildings are located in the western part of the town of Bołszowce on the monastery hill, about 30 km north of Ivano-Frankivska.

The sanctuary together with the monastery buildings was entered in the State Register of Street Monuments of Ukraine under the number 26-212-9006.

Alternative names: Architectural style: BaroqueCoordinates: 49°10'49"N, 24°44'18"E

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Ivano-FrankivskUkraine

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Kostel Blagovisenna – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Galickij zamok, Halych, Burshtyn.

4.1 miS
Forts and castles
Galickij zamok
104 min walk • The castle in Halicz - the first castle was to be built here in the fourteenth century. King of Poland Kazimierz the Great to protect the borders of his kingdom, after including Halicka Rus in the Crown of the Polish Kingdom.
4 miS
Locality
Halych
102 min walk • Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia, and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, of which it was the capital until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local rulers moved to Lviv.
6.9 miNW
City
Burshtyn
177 min walk • Burshtyn is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It is accessible by rail. Burshtyn hosts the administration of Burshtyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.