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Chrestovozdvyzhens'ka
Church (wooden), 1799-1801. Preservation #752 | Foto | Scheme 1 | Scheme 2
24 Karvasary St.
It is
located in the suburbs of the city (Karvasary) on the narrow riverside of the
Smotrych River, near the walls of the Old Castle. It is built in the place of
the church, existed in the XVII century. The bell-tower was built in 1863.
It is wooden. The foundation is made of limestone. It is three-felled, single-head
with a porch and sacristy from the northern side and with a bell-tower, built
on to the western side. These three fellings of the church and the fourth one
- of the bell tower - are square in plan. It has two entrances - in the northern
wall of the bell-tower and from the northern side of the central felling. It
is a typical building for Podillia with a wide and high three-tiered central
felling, turning into an octahedron with a hipped roof by means of canvas. The
coverings of the altar part and babynets' are flat. The opasaniye is located
on the outputs of the joist floor. The internal space of the nave is high-rise
opened, united with babynets' by a rectangular arch. The fellings over the opasaniye
are placed vertically. There is a porch on four figured poles with a penthouse
at the northern elevation of the central felling.
The monument is a bright work of Podillian school of national wooden architecture.
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Translated
by Yana Anufriyeva
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