Architectural Styles
Ukranian Baroque
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1633-1770
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Western European Baroque
- Intricate ornamentation
- sculptural elements
- elaborate facades
- onion-shaped domes
- golden or brightly colored finishes
- contrasting materials (like brick and stone)
- Curvilinear Forms
- Interiors with frescoes
- stuccos
- intricate wood carvings
- Ukraine with influence in
- Poland
- Belarus
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Churches
- monasteries
- civic buildings
- manor houses
- Saint Sophia Cathedral Kyiv
- St. Andrew’s Church, Kyiv
- Church of the Savior at Berestove, Kyiv
- St. Nicholas Church, Mykolayiv
- Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chernihiv
- Great Lavra Belltower, Kyiv
- Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv
- St. George’s Cathedral, Lviv
- Church of the Intercession, Sviatohirsk
- St. Basil’s Cathedral, Kyiv
- Monastery / lavra guesthouses
- Historic civic building conversions
- Heritage townhouse / merchant house guesthouses
- Palace / manor house hotels
- Academic / institutional lodging (dormitories) in historic complexes
- Museum / heritage complex lodging
- Cossack Hostels
Adaptive Reuse
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv) — Monastic guest accommodation
- St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery (Kyiv)
- Metropolitan Palace (Lviv)
- Ancillary guesthouses, pilgrim sarai, or lodging quarters in churches and monasteries in cities such as Chernihiv, Zbarazh, Berezhany, Hlukhiv, and Velyki Sorochyntsi
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation