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Greek Catholic Church
Monumental, recently renovated and built in the neoclassical style, this 18th-century former Jesuit church is worth a peek inside for its huge iconostasis and striking ceiling frescoes.
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Lenin Statue
The masses gather to watch Shakhtar’s away matches on a giant screen near the Lenin Statue in the centre of town.
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Gezlev Firewood Gate
Apart from an excellent cafe, the restored gates of the medieval Gezlev (Yevpatoriyas Turkish name) house a small museum with a new, skillfully created 3D model of the walled medieval city.
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Dacha Stamboli
The Ottoman-style Dacha Stamboli was once home to a wealthy tobacco merchant, the building’s exterior is a trifle weather-beaten, but its ornate restored interior is one of Crimea’s best.
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National Museum of Ukrainian History
Located more or less at the spot where history began for Kyiv, Ukraine and Russia this museum has exhibits of archaeological and recent historical interest, including books and currencies.
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Beis Aharon V’Yisrael Synagogue
Artefacts of Lviv’s Jewish heritage are scattered around various museums in the old town. Lviv’s only functioning synagogue is the attractive Beis Aharon V’Yisrael Synagogue , built in 1924.
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Precarpathian Art Museum
Ensconced in the 17th-century Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the citys oldest building, this museum is packed with a jumble of religious sculptures and paintings from around Central Europe.
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Philharmonia
Built in 1911, its pretty obvious at first glance that this beautiful concert venue began life as a synagogue. Its intricately carved terracota facade makes this Uzhhorods most impressive edifice.
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Preobrazhensky Cathedral
Leafy pl Soborna is the site of the gigantic, newly rebuilt Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration) Cathedral, which was Odesas most famous and important church until Stalin had it blown up in the 1930s.
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Odessa Fine Arts Museum
Located in the former palace of one Count Pototsky, this museum has an impressive collection of Russian and Ukrainian art, including a few seascapes by master talent Ayvazovsky and some Soviet realist paintings.
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War Veterans Museum
The red-brick clock tower at the end of pedestrian vul Kozytskoho houses an interesting museum, where youll find tributes to the 167 young local men who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Soviet-Afghan War.
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Melek
Hardly any bus station in the world can boast a Scythian burial mound on the premises, but there is one in Kerch. Much smaller than Tsarsky Kurgan, it was the grave of a small boy, thought to be a Bosporan prince.
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Boryso
The 12th-century Boryso-Hlibsky Cathedral is in the same short, squat style as the Pareskevy Pyatnytsi Church. It’s worth visiting for the stunning silver Royal Doors , commissioned by the famous Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa.
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Picture Gallery
The permanent collections here are of wildly varying quality and some works are in downright wretched condition. But temporary exhibitions lift the mood and if the art on the walls doesnt impress, the elaborate parquet floors will.
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Taras Shevchenko Memorial House Museum
A beautifully restored, 19th-century wooden house where the man who dominates the Ukrainian literary pantheon, once lived. You can see drawings he made on ethnological expeditions of Ukraine, which inspired his nationalism. DONOS
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Kosiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts
Tiny Kosiv is synonymous with serious, high-quality Hutsul crafts. They’re sold at its famous weekly craft market and produced in the surrounding hills as well as at the Kosiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts .
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Jewish Hospital
In the outer district, you’ll find the Jewish Hospital one of Lviv’s architectural highlights. From afar this Moorish, dome-topped building looks like a mosque, but up close Jewish motifs are evident in the striking, eclectic façade.
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Armenian Church
Huge, decorative wrought-iron gates keep prying tourists out of this set of 15th-century church ruins, its perimeter still weeping masonry onto the cobbles below. The reconstructed defensive bell tower is now a small Ukrainian Orthodox chapel.
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Museum of One Street
This museum lays out individual histories of Andriyvsky uzviz buildings. The sheer jumble-sale eclecticism of the collection – showcasing the lives of dressmakers, soldiers, a rabbi, a Syrian-born Orientalist and more – exudes bags of charm.
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Black Sea Fleet Museum
Full of ship models and Crimean War snippets, this small museum is visually impressive, even though all inscriptions are in Russian. The upper-floor exhibition is less interesting and reflects the Soviet view of the Russian Civil War and WWII.
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