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Castle
–
the
Museum
of
Ukrainian
Home
Icons.
They
were
painted
in
XVII-XX
centuries.
Its
exhibition
of
Christian
art
objects,
named
“The
Soul
of
Ukraine”,
is
the
biggest
one
in
Ukraine.
Today
they
are
open
for
visitors
of
the
Museum’s
exhibition
halls
where
has
been
collecting
and
saving
from
destruction
over
5000
home
icons
for
15
years.
This
collection
represents
the
philosophy
of
thousand
Ukrainian
families
from
different
regions
of
the
country
audits
evolution
throughout
centuries.
But
in
all
times
the
Ukrainian
home
icons
have
been
family
heirlooms
painted
for
individual
spiritual
needs
of
every
person
in
family.
Here
you
can
find
home
Iconostasis
/wall
of
icons/,
small
travelling
icons,
Cossack
icons,
Hutsul
folding
icons,
the
icons
painted
on
canvas,
casted
of
metal
and
carved
on
wood
and
also
ancient
wooden
and
stone
sculptures.
Travelers
call
all
museum
exhibits
as
“orphan”
icons,
thrown
out
of
houses
and
saved
from
destruction
in
the
times
of
aggressive
atheism.
Some
of
them
were
damaged
when
faith
of
God
was
persecuted.
Paper
Mill
Reviving
good
traditions
of
the
paper
mill
of
Kiev-Pechersk
Lavra,
the
manual
production
of
paper,
practiced
by
Orthodox
monks
400
years
ago,
for
further
book-publishing,
was
restored
in
the
Castle.
The
Castle’s
paper
production
line
uses
the
same
equipment
that
was
used
in
XVII
century.
The
paper
made
in
Radomysl
was
used
for
printing
“Chasoslov”
(The
Book
of
Hours”)
–
the
first
book
ever
published
in
Kyiv,
in
1616.
The
Castle’s
Landscape
Park,
little
but
comfortable
and
nice.
Only
here
you
can
see
a
dozen
of
unique
kinds
of
iris,
bred
and
granted
to
the
Park
by
Igor
Khorosh,
a
Ukrainian
plant
breeder;
pink
and
white
water
lilies,
English
roses,
magnolias
and
also
a
water-nut,
Trapa
rossica,
enlisted
into
The
Red
Book.
All
exhibits
are
genuine!
Price
per
person
150
uah
Restaurant
inside
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