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GPS (LAT, LONG) :  49.80833773,
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Church of St. Nicholas

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Church of St. Nicholas, Zolochiv town
Location:
Zolochiv town
Region:
Zolochiv region
Church type:
Brick church
Build period:
2-nd half of the 18th century
Architect:
  • unknown
Iconostasis:
2-nd half of the 18th century
Wall painting:
1st half of the 20th century
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Description:
Church of St. Nicholas, Zolochiv town
Abstract:

One of the most interesting and rare churches of the defensive type with the original three-dimensional structure of the late medieval church. It is a brick, two-story, three-tiered (probably originally two-tiered) church with a later added narthex. In 1766, during the construction of the church, a rococo iconostasis with sculptures of saints and bas-reliefs of Aaron and Melchizedek on the deacon's door was made by the students of the genius Galician Rococo sculptor Johann Pinsel, in particular Anton Stiel. Fragments of this iconostasis were distributed during the Soviet regime among the collections of the Lviv Art Gallery, the National Museum, and the Museum of the History of Religions in Lviv. Today, the church has a copy of the ancient iconostasis, recreated in 2001-2004. The side icon to the left of the deacon's door is in the style of Modest Sosenko, the founder of Ukrainian Art Nouveau in Ukrainian art. He also created a highly artistic ensemble of wall paintings in the church, completed on the eve of the First World War in 1913.

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