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St. Pantaleon Church, Shevchenkove
St. Pantaleon Church () is a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque–Byzantine architecture, Byzantine style church in Ukraine, in the village of , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The only and oldest of the churches of the Principality of Galicia, Galician, and later Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Galician–Volhynian Principality, which has survived to this day and represents the Galician school (architecture), Galician school of architecture of the medieval period. It is an State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine, architectural monument of national importance. It is a monumental cross-Vault (architecture), vaulted church with examples of exquisite white stone carving and numerous drawings and graffiti on the walls. Located near modern Halych. Belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Built in the late 1180s–1194 by Prince Vladimir II Yaroslavich, Volodymyr Yaroslavych as an Orthodox church. During 1199–1205, the palace of Prince Roman the Great, Roman Mstislavich was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |