__Ivan Bashnyak

__City mayor

__To find out Borschiv land - to find out the oldest traditions of the western Podillya that are kept during centuries. Unique black lappet on the shirt made of hemp. The unique cave museum of Trypillya culture "Verteba". Heathen temple with a sacrificial stone at the river Seret which has become one of the first Christian temples and remains till now. A picturesque canyon of Dnister with unique pilling of Silurian period. The complex of specific and the biggest caves at the outskirts of the town. Ancient castles in Kudryntsi, Kryvchy, Vysichtsi. In the castle temple in Skala-Podilsky Adam Mitskevych was married. There are wonderful temples in Sapohov, Vysichtsi which history goes back to the 18th century and the church in Zbruchansky of Duchy of Halytsk-Volyn times.

__The center of this unique land is ancient Borschiv. In the downtown there is an attractive quiet Shevchenko Street which unites two squares - Freedom and Independence. Interesting buildings are Peoples House (1905), Dormitory Church, Catholic Church of All-Holy Trinity, City Council building, a new Cathedral of Borschiv Mother of God…A heritage is fixed also in the street names: Zamkova, Pidvalna, Zamkova Krynytsia, Zamkovy Lis….

__In one of Borschiv buildings - Peoples House - there are interesting ethnographic and archeological departments of Borschiv Museum of Local Lore: department of Taras Shevchenko, art gallery and underground museum of Trypillya culture.

__Traditionally famous are folklore-ethnographic holidays, such as Borsch Festival and Festival of Borschiv Embroidered Shirts, the last one is held every summer.

__Come to Borschiv - a unique land for modern world, where old traditions are mixed with modernity in architecture, lappet, song and word!

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__2 Hrushevskoho Street, 48702 Borschiv,

__Ternopil region, Ukraine

__tel: +38 (03541) 2-12-64, 2-19-95, 2-20-95

__fax: +38 (03541) 2-37-51

__e-mail: shemel@ukr.net