Architectural landmarks of Pechera village — Potocki Mausoleum Chapel
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    Three unique buildings that have survived the centuries and still impress with their beauty and history

    Potocki Mausoleum Chapel — 1904
    1904Vladyslav Horodetskyy

    Potocki Mausoleum Chapel

    The Potocki Mausoleum Chapel in Pechera is a mark of presence, memory and grandeur. Not as a temple for a great city, but as a point of power for a place above the Southern Bug.

    Sculptor Elia SalaThe only building signed by Horodetskyy500 m avenue paved with volcanic stoneNow — Chapel of St. Andrew Bobola
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    Church of the Nativity of the Virgin — 1762–1764
    1762–1764Local master builders

    Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

    A wooden church on the hill above the Southern Bug, built on the site of Voivode Duca's castle.

    On the site of Duca's 1682 castleStones from the palace in the foundationsPlateau above the caves that gave Pechera its nameBell tower built in 1865
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    Potocki Water Mill — 1899
    1899Jan Hoyrikh

    Potocki Water Mill

    Located between Pechera and Sokilets. Built by a graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, it could grind up to 50 tons of grain per day.

    Capacity: 50 tons of grain per dayHydroelectric plant since 1951"Mlynomaniya" festival held here since 20071,100-meter channel, 6 meters deepFire in 1992
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