Sokal. Vacation

Sokal - district center Sokal district, Lviv region. Located on the right bank of the river Western Bug at 78 km. from the city. It is home to 25,145 people. The area is 8.47 km. square. The city has its own railway station, syudoyu as suburban trains and commuter.

The first written mention of the city dates back to 1377 Sokal year. The documents referred to as Sokal city Belz principality. In 1424 he received the Magdeburg Law, from 1462 Sokal - county town of Belz region of Poland. In the years 1772-1918 belonged to Austria, until 1939 the county town of Lviv province. In February 1919 battles Corps Ukrainian Galician Army, the Poles, the summer of 1919 Sokal took the Polish army. In the Zocalo before 1950 was miraculous icon of Our Lady Sokal, ie, the goddess of Prayer.

Among the monuments should be highlighted:

    Bernardine monastery with the church of the Virgin Mary (from the XVII century.). Now, the monastery contains Sokal penal colony;
    Church of Saints Peter and Paul (1904 - 1909 years);
    Church of St. Nicholas (restored in 1694);
    Chapel of St. Nicholas (XV c.)
    Sokal Synagogue (1762, now in ruins);
    Sokal Hall;

Many famous people have linked their lives with Zocalo:

    Rakowski Roman - cooperator, son of Joseph Pakovskoho;
    Father John Cyprian - religious, social, political, artistic figure Galicia late XIX - early XX century.;
    Selsky Roman Yulianovich - Ukrainian impressionist painter;
    Oleg Romanov - famous Ukrainian scientist in the field of mechanics of materials, general secretary of the World Council NTSh;
    Hamster-Bohachevsky Martha - historian, educator;
    Sawicki Roman - pianist, teacher and music critic, man Ivanna Sawicky;
    Andrew I. Magera - Ukrainian lawyer.