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| Country | Ukraine |
| Region | Volyn region |
| Surface | 16.05 km² |
| Population | 38 901 |
| Area code | ( 38)-03342 |
| Postal Code | 44700–44709 |
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Włodzimierz Wołyński - city in the western part Ukraine, on the river Ług, capital of the district of w Volyn region.
Characteristic
Drive
By plane
By train
There is a railway station on the Kovel-Lviv railway line.
By car
Włodzimierz Wołyński is a regional road junction. Traveling by car from Poland may take up to 10 hours.
- From Warsaw: to Dęblin by road DW801, then exit for E372. Behind the Ukrainian border, we follow the E373 and T0302 roads.
- From Chełm: to Horodło road DW844 and DW816, after the Ukrainian border, continue on the H22 motorway (2 hours).
By bus
You can get to the city from Warsaw West, buses from Chełm arrive every other day to the bus station.
Communication
There are many buses and taxis in the center of Włodzimierz.
Worth seeing
- church o. Jesuits pw. Sending out the Apostles, erected by Michał Radzimiński in the years 1755-66. After the dissolution of the order in 1787, the buildings were taken over by the Basilians. From 1840 they were ruled by the Orthodox. For a short time in the interwar period, the temple returned to Catholics. In 1927, a theological seminary was established in the former monastery building. In 1992 it was handed over to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate and converted into a cathedral church of the Nativity.
- parish church of St. Anne in the Baroque style from 1752. The temple was founded by Bishop Adam Woyna-Orański. He was looked after by the Capuchin Order. The Catholic parish existed here until 1958, when the communist authorities closed the church and devastated it, robbing the rococo altar and dismantling the belfry. Then the communists placed a cafe and a concert hall in it. Catholics regained the church and on January 3, 1992, they celebrated the first Mass. Currently under the care of the Carmelites. To the left of the entrance, there is a plaque from 1561 with a bas-relief depicting a Podhoreński knight in armor. Nearby were the buildings of the Capuchin monastery, demolished in 1833 by the Russians after the November Uprising.
- monastery Dominicans from the 17th century. The church was demolished by the Russians in the 19th century.
- the quarters of the soldiers of the Polish Army from 1919-1920 at the local cemetery, renovated in 2000 thanks to the efforts of the "Association for the Commemoration of Poles Murdered in Volhynia"
- church of St. Basil from the 14th century. In 1884, a vestibule was added to it, and at the beginning of In the 1980s, two onion-shaped domes in the Moscow style.
- Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God from the end of the 19th century, in the Old Russian style (reconstruction of the building from the 12th century)
- church of St. Nicholas, originally Uniate, now Orthodox
- the palace of the Volodymyr-Volyn bishops
- Jewish cemetery
- castle - on the news of the death of the king of Poland, Casimir the Great in 1370, Kiejstut and Lubart took the land of Włodzimierz, destroying the unfinished brick castle in Włodzimierz. It does not currently exist.
- 19th century Lutheran church
Nearest neighborhood
Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Cold
work
Science
Shopping
In most cases, the offer of stores does not differ from that offered by stores in Poland, but sometimes the prices are higher.
Gastronomy
Parties
Accommodation
- Hotel Volyn Kniazia Wasylka, 1, T. 00380/380 3342 22882, e-mail:
contact
Security
Tourist information
The city is relatively quiet.