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(vul Dominkanska)
Vul Dominikanska cuts south from Polish Market Sq, linking it with the
Armenian Quarter. Here you'll find the Dominican Monastery complex, some parts of
which date from the 14th century. The buildings suffered serious damage during WWII
but are now under constant restoration. The monastery Church of St Nicholas holds ser-
vices in Ukrainian and Polish throughout the day.
Armenian Quarter
The Armenian Quarter is centred around the quiet Armenian Market Sq, an elongated
cobbled expanse to the south of the Polish Quarter. The Armenians are long gone, but the
name remains.
Podillya Antiquities Museum
MUSEUM
(vul Ivano-Predtechynska 2; admission 5uah; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun, to 4pm Mon)
This imaginat-
ively presented museum with English explanations takes visitors through the archaeology
of Podillya in six easy steps. You begin in a Stone Age cave and end in a courtyard of
sculpted Slavic gods, passing through Trypillian, Scythian and early Slav dwellings
along the way. Slavophiles will appreciate the exhibit on the Glagolitic script (forerunner
to today's Cyrillic alphabet).
Picture Gallery
ART GALLERY
(vul Pyatnytska 11; admission 10uah; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun, 1to 4pm Mon)
The permanent col-
lections here are of wildly varying quality and some works are in downright wretched
condition. But temporary exhibitions lift the mood and if the art on the walls doesn't im-
press, the elaborate parquet floors will.
Armenian Church
CHURCH
(vul Virmenska)
Huge, decorative wrought-iron gates keep prying tourists out of this set of
15th-century church ruins, its perimeter still weeping masonry onto the cobbles below.
The reconstructed defensive bell tower is now a small Ukrainian Orthodox chapel.
Russian Magistrate
NOTABLE BUILDING
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