Kozelets'

The city Kozelets on the Kiev-Chernigov highway has been known since the 17th century. as a fortress Kozlograd in the Commonwealth. From 1649 - the centenary of the Kiev regiment, for some time the regimental administration was located here. An outstanding architectural monument is the Baroque Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin (1752-63) with a beautiful wooden iconostasis. It is believed that from the bell tower you can see Kiev and Chernigov at the same time. You can also see the Ascension Church (1866-74) and the Nicholas Church (1781-84), the building of the regimental office (1756-60) in the park behind the cathedral. On the eastern outskirts of the city, the estate of the Cossack-elders' family of the Daragans "Pokorshchina" (18th century) with a palace, a park ...