Church Of The Exaltation

Roman Catholic Church of the exaltation and St. Joseph was built by order of Wenceslas Rzewuski (in some accounts he was the author of the project) in the years 1752-1766 as a tomb. The architect was C. Romanus.







The Church is a rotunda in the style of Baroque with a diameter of 12 m. the Main facade is decorated with a portico of 14 Corinthian columns, on the attic which was installed 8 sculptures of saints of work of Fassinger and Leblas. One of the sculptures was destroyed during the Second world war. From the Church the castle is a 300-meter long Linden tree alley, and in front of the temple are figures of the virgin and St. Joseph on the columns.









The interior was painted in 1765-1766 by the artist L. Smuglewicz and his son. After painting them continued four masters of the Zhovkva: Damian, Wojciech, Constantine and Nicholas, and two residents of Lviv: Jurgilewicz and Wianecki. Since 1861 was the parish Church. In 1945 the Church was closed and in the years 1976-1979 restored under the guidance of architect I. of starosol'skaya. Now restaurerede along with the castle, passed to the Greek Catholics.











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