The Carpathians - Ukraine - page 262

Sights
2 Former Armenian Cathedral C3
3 Former Synagogue B2
4 Kobylyanska Theatre B2
5 Museum of Bukovinian Jews B2
6 St Nicholas Cathedral C3
7 Vul Kobylyanskoy C3
Sleeping
8 TIU Chernivtsi Backpackers B2
Eating
9 Jidalnya B2
10 Knaus B2
11 Reflection B4
Drinking & Nightlife
12 Pub 34 B3
Sights
Chernivtsi University NOTABLE BUILDING
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP
( www.chnu.cv.ua ; vul Kotsyubynskoho) University buildings are often called 'dreaming
spires', but Chernivtsi's is more like a trip on LSD. This fantastic, now Unesco-listed
red-brick ensemble, with coloured tiles decorating its pseudo-Byzantine, pseudo-Moorish
and pseudo-Hanseatic wings, is the last thing you'd expect to see here. The architect re-
sponsible was Czech Josef Hlavka, who was also behind Chernivtsi's Former Armenian
Cathedral OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (vul Ukrainska 30) , as well as large chunks of
Vienna. He completed the university in 1882 for the Metropolitans (Orthodox Church
leaders) of Bukovyna as their official residence. The Soviets later moved the university
here.