Ancient Halych


Ancient Halych is the National Architecture-Historical Reserve located in the western Ukrainian settlements of Halych, Krylos, Shevchenkove, Bilshivtsi, and Zalukva. The site includes landmarks of 11th–17th centuries in ancient Halych and its surroundings. The reserve was created on 8 February 1994.

Architectural landmarks

Halych is one of the few Ukrainian cities where Kievan Rus'-era architecture has been partially preserved, similarly to Kyiv and Chernihiv. The reserve consists of more than 200 architectural monuments. The major monuments of architecture, as well as museums that belong to the reserve, are listed below.
Halych
  • Church of Nativity of Christ
  • Halych castle
  • Museum of Karaite History and Culture, including ten Karaite houses and cemetery in Zalukva village
Krylos
Shevchenkove
  • St. Pantaleon Church
Bilshivtsi
  • Carmelite Cathedral and Monastery Complex

    Preservation

Restoration works were carried out in ancient Halych in the period of 1995–2002. On 9 August 2023, the reserve decided to create a team that will work towards inscribing ancient Halych on the tentative World Heritage Sites list. In September 2023, the Association of Cities of Ukraine requested Ukrainian government to start the process of inscription of the settlement of Princely Halych in Krylos and St. Pantaleon's Church to the UNESCO tentative list.