Svidnik– Medzilaborce
length of section: 45 km
asphalt roads: 45 km
gravel roads:
country roads:
Description of the trail:
From the Military Museum
the trail returns to the traffic circle and turns right towards
Mestisko, before Rakovcik turns left into road No E371, then continues
in the direction of Stropkov, then via Bukovce, Krasny Brod to Medzilaborce.
Tourist attractions along the trail:
In Svidnik: Museum
of Ukrainian Culture, Galeria
Dezidera Millyho, Open-air
Museum and Military
Museum,
In Stropkov: XIV c. gothic church being a part of the Stropkov
Castle, with the Baroque interior and precious altars; the church
and cloister of the Franciscan Friars dated 1673 – a place of stay
of the blessed prince Metody Dominik Tricek, martyr for the faith;
chapels, Baroque sculptures, art nouveau curia; ZOO,
In Bukovce: neo-Baroque orthodox church of St Dimitry built in
1891 with richly ornamented iconostas,
In Bukova Horka: place of pilgrimage – cloister of the Basilian
Friars, seriously damaged during the WWI, closed down in the ’50,
orthodox church and chapel dated 1742,
In Krasny Brod: ruins of the XIV c. monastyr (cloister) with the
miraculous icon of Mother of God, Basilian friars cloister.
In Medzilaborce: Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art, orthodox church
of The Holy Spirit built in the style of the Russian Renaissance,
Greek-catholic church of St Basil the Great built at the end of
the XVIII c., miniature open-air museum The Warhol Village.
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