Ternopil

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The city of Ternopil is a cozy regional center on the river. Seret, one of the historical cities of Galicia. It arose in the 16th century. on the site of the ancient Russian fortification Sopilche (Topilche) destroyed by the Tatar-Mongols. In 1540, the Krakow castellan, the great crown hetman Jan Tarnowski, on the Terebovlian lands donated by King Sigismund I, began the construction of a castle to protect the Polish borders from the raids of the Tatars. The settlement was named Tarnopol in his honor. In 1548 the city received the Magdeburg Law. At various times it belonged to Austria, Russia, Poland. It was owned by the Zamoyskys, Sobieskys, Pototskys. The city experienced many fires and destruction, in particular it was completely destroyed by the Turks in 1672, after which the revival ...

Місто Тернопіль - затишний обласний центр на річці Серет, одне з історичних міст Галичини. Виникло у XVI ст. на місці зруйнованого татаро-монголами давньоруського укріплення Сопільче (Топільче). У 1540 році краківський каштелян, великий коронний гетьман Ян Тарновський, на подарованих королем Сигізмундом I теребовлянських землях почав спорудження замку для захисту польських кордонів від набігів татар. У його честь населений пункт був названий Тарнополем. У 1548 році місто отримало Магдебурзьке право. У різний час належало Австрії, Росії, Польщі. Їм володіли Замойські, Собєські, Потоцькі. Місто зазнало багато пожеж і руйнувань, зокрема було повністю розорене турками у 1672 році, після чого відродження почалося лише в кін. XVIII ст. У 1918 році деякий час Тернопіль був столицею ЗУНР. Збере ...

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Ternopil Art Museum

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The Ternopil Art Museum presents a modest gallery of works by little-known masters of the XVIII-XX centuries. A collection of works of sacred art is presented separately: icons, crucifixes, sculptures and church bells. In particular, a unique icon of the beginning of the XX century by Antin Monastyrsky with the image of Jesus Christ in an embroidered shirt. The museum also presents one of the works of the world-famous Ukrainian sculptor Johann Georg Pinzel - the Royal Gate from the Church of the Intercession in Buchach.

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Ternopil Museum of Local Lore

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Ternopil Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1913 as the Podolsk Museum with four departments: ethnographic, historical and numismatic, natural history and archeology. Today, the museum of local lore is housed in an unusual building from Soviet times. The exposition has more than 150 thousand exhibits and reflects the history of Ternopil since the X century. In particular, a collection of ceramics found during archeological excavations in the region is presented. The most valuable exhibits are 4 allegorical sculptures from the side altar of the Bucha Pokrovsky Church by the world-famous sculptor Johann Georg Pinzel.

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Founded / first mentioned 1540
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