10 Sights & Landmarks in Vinnytsya That You Shouldn't Miss

The present premises of the cathedral was built around 1913 – 1914 to replace the old one, dating back to XVIII and consecrated in honour of the Blessed Virgin on 1 April 1732 by Krasovsky priest. In 1814, the cathedral was enlarged, and choirs for singing were added. In 1826, a new 4-tiered iconostasis was created for the temple and in 1861 a 18-meter bell tower was added to the temple, along with more premises for clergy. In 1865, supported by noble Grokholsky family, the first in town parish school was built by the Nativity Cathedral. The church at that time consisted of 1,610 parishioners and possessed own estate and land. With time, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was no longer able to meet the needs of the expanded parish, so in the beginning of XX century it was decided to built new larger stone Cathedral to replace the old one.

Multimedia Fountain Roshen (Vinnytsia Fountain “Roshen”)- was built on the river Southern Buh in Vinnytsia City near Festivalny Isle (Kempa Isle). This is the only one multimedia fountain in Ukraine and the largest floating fountain in Europe. Fountain runs from early April to late October. The project design and development was performed by Emotion Media Factory, a Germany-based company responsible for the dancing fountains in Chiang Mai Night Safari Park (Thailand) and Kangwon Land (South Korea) as well as the multimedia shows for AIDA Cruises. The show was created by Ralph Douw, the CEO of the company. The fountain was officially inaugurated on 4 September 2011 along with the official opening ceremony of Roshen Quay.

The Slavic War Memorial Park is located in the pedestrian area of Grushevskoho and Kozitskoho Streets, between Hotel Ukraina and famous Vinnytsya Water Tower. This park in the heart of Vinnytsya commemorates local soldiers from WWII and the Soviet-Afghan War. Glory Memorial is the central piece of War Memorial Park. It is represented by a large statue of three different soldiers from WWII. An eternal flame burns in front of the statue. 79 prominent warriors are buried here, and the names of 6,486 Vinnytsya residents who were killed during WWII, in 1941-1945, are immortalised in records on the stella. The authors of the memorial are sculptor Y.Kulenko and architect V.Spuskanyuk. Glory Memorial and War Memorial Park are open during daylight hours. No entrance fee.

The residential house-mansion for retired artillery captain Chetkov was built in 1910 on the steep descent of Pushkinska street, the then elite quarter of Vinnytsya clerisy. A while before that Captain Chetkov has inherited another manor and quite a sum of money that enabled him to hire professor of Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute Vasyl Lystovnychiy to design his mansion in Vinnytsya. Chetkov’s house became the only project by Lystovnychiy ever implemented in stone. In comparative prices, the construction of Chetkov’s mansion still remains the most expensive residential construction in the history of Vinnytsya. Chetkov’s mansion was built in the then top trendy Art Nouveau style; with different levels and abundant architectural decorations of floral motives, supplemented with a fence down Pushkinska Street, in the same style. Immediately after construction, Chetkov’s mansion has become the most popular Vinnystya image of early XX century: it was depicted in magazines, on post cards and stamps, and souveniers.For a very long time Chetkov’s mansion hosted Vinnytsya central maternity clinic. Since 70s of XX and up to the beginning of XXI century, there was a clinic for kids. After its capital reconstruction ending in 2000, it has been occupied by the Vinnytsya municipal department of architecture and urban construction. Presently the mansion is protected by the state and is included into the list of historic and architectural entities that can not be privatised.