Karmaliuk Caves

Picturesque location in the village on Malievtsy Khmelnychyna - a paradise for photographers. Here stands proudly 18-meter-high limestone rock with a waterfall. And in most of its thickness is two-story grotto. And all this in the old park, which was part of the estate of Jan Orlovsky , the court of the Polish king. Today the park is named national avenger - Ustym Karmalyuk, who is called Ukrainian Robin Hood.

As the legend goes, Karmalyuk hiding in these caves from the persecution of the Polish king guards.

But the mainsail has a long history before it was a temple. Scientists believe that in the times of ancient Slavs there was a pagan temple. Then he settled in a cave hermit monk and founded an Orthodox monastery. Upper cave was given the name of St John the Baptist, and the bottom - St. Onufriya. In the 18th century cave monastery settled zapustevshey Catholic monks. At the same time, was built an artificial waterfall.

The homestead stands and admire the well-preserved palace Orlovsky in the style of the French classicism.