St. George’s Cathedral

St. George’s Cathedral is a baroque-rococo cathedral. It was constructed between 1744-1760 on a hill overlooking the city. The cathedral also holds a predominant position in Ukrainian religious and cultural terms. During 19th and 20th centuries, the cathedral served as the mother church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. A church has stood on St. George Hill since around 1280. After the original wooden church and the fortress it was situated in were destroyed by King Casimir III of Poland in 1340, a four-column Byzantine basilica was constructed for the local Eastern Orthodox Church.