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Chimeras on Khomora River. Water route of Polonne united territorial community

Chimeras on Khomora River. Water route of Polonne united territorial community

Travel itinerary

  • Khmelnytskyi
  • Ornithological reserve
  • Polonskyi quarry
  • Slope
  • Novoselytskyi quarry
  • The metre lake
  • Trade stores
  • Park "Oak Grove"
  • Water mill
  • Khmelnytskyi

About the trip

Start of the tour in Khmelnytskyi. Moving to Velyka Berezna village.

It is water route through the territory of Polonne community, which acquaints with Polonne region sights.

Velykobereznianskyi ornithological reserve of local significance in Ukraine

It is object of Khmelnytskyi region nature reserve fund. The status was granted in 1993 by a decision of regional council of people’s deputies to preserve the nesting places of waterfowl. The reserve territory is located in the Skrypivka River estuary and on the Khomora River floodplain. Good bird watching location for ornithologists and those who like to spend leisure time on the pond.

Church of St. Anna – architectural monument of national importance

It is an architectural monument of national importance. The church was built in 1593-1607. The building is made of stone, in plan it is a three-nave basilica with two symmetrical towers. In 1995-2002 the temple was restored, which significantly changed its previous appearance.

The towers have elegant pyramidal tops, typical of Baroque style in architecture, instead of simple quadrangular tent roofs. The building plays the role of an urban dominant in the environment with developed zone of compositional influence.

Park “Oak Grove”

There are remains of the end. XVIII – beg. XIX century park, in which the alley location of valuable tree species is traced: oak, larch, eucalyptus. It is a popular holiday destination for residents and guests of Polonne.

Novoselytskyi Park

Novoselytskyi Park is a monument of landscape art of national importance. It has an area of ​​over than 10 hectares with a unique collection of typical and rare local and exotic plants. The park has a healing spring from which you can draw water.

Polonskyi and Novoselytskyi quarries

Seeing granite quarries with your own eyes, feeling stone mining roar is one of the options of this route.

Returning to Khmelnytskyi