Zhytomyr

Magnificent Holy Transfiguration Cathedral is considered a symbol of the city. Designed in the Byzantine-Russian style with the characteristic features of ancient architecture 11th-12th centuries. The height is 53 m. The interior is richly decorated with local granite and labradorite.

It is an outstanding monument of architecture 19th century. One of the oldest stone religious buildings of the city.

A luxurious two-story town hall was built for the Zhytomyr magistrate in the 18th century. Made in Renaissance style.

The old mansion, built in the 19th century. Former residence of the head of the Catholic Diocese of Zhytomyr. The Zhytomyr Regional Museum, founded in 1865. Funds now account for 150,000 monuments of history and culture. There a collection of art works by Italian, Dutch, French, Polish and Russian artists of 16-20th century.

Opened 1990. Concentrate 14 years of existence in its repositories, scientific publications printed picture eventful literary and artistic life of the city and region over the past two centuries. Biographies of prominent writers from Zhytomyr period of their lives.

- Space Museum of Ukraine, in the home of Zhytomyr Ukrainian Soviet scientist in the field of rocketry and astronautics - Sergei Korolyov.

Built in 1894. Exhibit presents the history of the formation of fire-extinguishing systems and fire fighting equipment.

- This old house from solidly red brick. Despite his advanced age beautifully preserved, attracting the attention of the original architecture, neo-Gothic style. Now it is College of Technology.

The complex structures of a postal station from the 19th century. There were the main building, a hotel lodge and stables surrounded by a fence. Regular mail service between St. Petersburg and Kyiv since 1827. Now it is road maintenance site.

The first burial dates back to around 1880 - 1894. Place for 145 fraternal and 1243 single graves.

Founded 1789. According to legend, the cemetery is the entrance to the catacombs of the city. In 1976 was closed. During the war there was a line of defense.

The architectural style called eclectic, erected in 1890. Now here is a branch of Energobank.

Now it is the Department of National Bank of Ukraine.

Opened February 12, 1866. The building is a monument of history and architecture. Now it houses a children's creativity centre.

- Neo Gothic style.

Built in 1860.

Built in 1897.

This three-story, one of the best houses in the city, which has lodged an educational institution. Erected in 1882. Now part of the State University named Franko

Built in 1862. The main entrance was a flower garden with rare trees and a fountain in the center. Now it is Zhytomyr State Pedagogical University named Franko.

Built for the attorney I. Filipov. Architecture in the late classicist style with Neo-Baroque elements

Mountain on the bank of the Kamenka river, which up to 19th century stood a stone castle, surrounded by moats. Probably, it was founded in the 9th century by retainers of the Kievan princes Askold and Dir, but then could find elsewhere. In the written annals of Zhytomyr castle was first mentioned in 1392 when they captured the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vitovt. Subsequently, repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt.

Beach. Wonderful vacation spot - the famous Korbutovskyi Hydropark. Caring owners have preserved forest, turning it into a landscaped park.

Bizarre rock above the river Teteriv (30 m), a geological monument of national importance. Clearly visible from a viewing platform on the dam reservoir Teterevskogo.

Area of 35.4 hectares. Founded in 1933. The Garden Collection includes about 200 species of trees and shrubs and 750 species of herbal plants.

Carmelites monastery, a magnificent architectural complex, built in the 16th century, now it's a city museum.

Soviet times had left objects that keep their secrets. Especially it concerns underground tunnels, bunkers and missile sites.

Its center is an old flour mill built in the late 19th century by Polish engineer Piekarski. Inside the castle is the Museum of Ukrainian Home Icons, with more than 5000 icons and sculptures (Orthodox, Catholic and Greek-Catholic), created between the 16th and 20th centuries in different parts of Ukraine. Also there is a concert hall with 150 seats, and used for classical music, chamber music, folk and jazz events