Cathedral of St. Mary

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The only extant monument of ancient architecture Volyn. Located on a hill near the ancient city ramparts. At the bishop's house and bell tower is a unique set of so-called " lock " - the fortified residence of the bishops of Volyn . Built at the behest of Vladimir - Volyn , and later Grand Prince of Kiev Mstislav II of Kiev Pridneprovsky masters. Its construction , engineering and architectural masonry form similar to the architecture of St. Cyril's Church in Kyiv and other buildings that tipa.Na throughout its history monument repeatedly burned and rebuilt. In 1753 the western facade attached large two-story portico made ​​pediment of the old windows laid , other rastesany , cut out new ones. In the middle of the XVIII century. on the south side of the apse adjusted later storey cell. In the second half of the XVIII century. carried out further restructuring of the cathedral.