Rohatyn
Rohatyn is a district center located on the banks of the Hnyla Lypa River (a tributary of the Dniester River) in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The first written reports about it date back to the XII century, although the territory was inhabited earlier - Paleolithic and Bronze Age objects were found in the vicinity of the city, and several settlements of the X-XIII centuries were excavated.
The town of Rohatyn in its current location has been known since 1415, when Volchko Presluzhych renamed his village Filipovychi to Rohatyn and settled it on the basis of Magdeburg Law. Earlier documents mentioning the name Rohatyn most likely refer to Old Rohatyn, now the village of Pidhorodnia, which was named after 47 years after Rohatyn was moved to a new location. A document by Volchok Presluchycz mentions the city's right to its own wax seal, which depicts a deer antler and the Latin letter V. At the end of the fourteenth century, Rohatyn was a county center, but not for long.
In the Middle Ages, Rohatyn was known as a center of crafts and trade. The commercial and political center of the city was the market square, surrounded by four rows of closely built houses with narrow facades. In the middle stood the town hall, built in 1539. It housed workshops that produced cloth. The buildings of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that line the market square stand on ancient foundations and brick cellars that were once used to store goods.
Rohatyn is also the birthplace of Nastia Lisovska, known as Roksolana. She was born approximately in 1502-1505. She died on April 15, 1558. She was the lawful wife of Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent. Mother of Sultan Selim II. In 1520, she entered the harem of the sultan and in a short time became his first wife. As a foreigner, she played an important role in the history of Turkey for a long time. A mosque and palace were built in her honor in the city of Mustafa Pasha. She was buried in a mausoleum in Istanbul.
In 1999, a monument to Roksolana was unveiled in Rohatyn (architect Roman Romanyshyn).
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Landmarks, museums and places of interest near Rohatyn.
Sight"Church of St. Nicholas" RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreAnne is a functioning church in the city of Rohatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, an ancient spiritual center, an example of Gothic and Renaissance architecture of the XV...
Historic siteRoksolana Square and monument, RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreThe city of Rohatyn was the birthplace of Roksolana, a great woman who was captured as a child by the Tatars but who eventually managed to become a global political...
Crafts & workshopsOpillia Pottery Workshop, RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreThe Opillia Pottery Workshop (Opilska Honcharnia) is a creative space in Rohatyn where you can sit at a potter’s wheel and shape your own clay pot, bowl or mug.
ChurchChurch of the Holy Spirit of 1598 in RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreThe Church of the Holy Spirit is one of the oldest Orthodox shrines in Ukraine. It is located in the homeland of the legendary Roksolana, in the city of Rohatyn (Ivano...
ChurchMuseum-monument of wooden architecture and painting of the XVI-XIX centuries - Church of the Holy Spirit, RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreThe church is located in the western part of the city, in the former artisanal suburb of Nove Misto, on a mounded hill above the bank of the Hnyla Lypa River.
MuseumMuseum-estate of Mykola Uhryn-Bezsrichnyi, RohatynRohatynunder 1 km from the centreThe Museum-Estate of Mykola Uhryn-Bezgryshnyi is a part of the Rohatyn Museum Complex, a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Art Museum.Where to stay
Hotels, sadybas and cottages in and around Rohatyn.
HotelTransitRohatynunder 1 km from the centreParkingWi‑FiNearby: Roksolana Square and monument 1.0 kmChortova Hora 3.1 kmfrom 750 UAH per night
HotelBelvedeRRohatyn2.6 km from the centreBreakfastParkingWi‑FiNearby: Church of St. Basil the Great 1.9 kmRoksolana Square and monument 2.6 kmfrom 1 300 UAH per night
HotelSadyba mriyRohatyn8.2 km from the centreSaunaBBQParkingNearby: Roksolana Square and monument 8.2 kmChortova Hora 8.7 kmfrom 800 UAH per night
HotelMagnatStryi22 km from the centreParkingWi‑FiPetsfrom 650 UAH per night
HotelBukhta VikinhivLviv42 km from the centreHot tubPoolSaunafrom 2 000 UAH per night
HotelChornogoraKalush44 km from the centreParkingWi‑FiPetsNearby: St. Valentine's Church 5.5 kmKalush Museum of Local Lore 5.5 kmfrom 1 200 UAH per night
