Chechel Manor
Khmelnitsky region. Starokonstantinovsky R. S. Samchik
Description:
Chechel’s estate has a centuries-old history. It is a palace and park ensemble that was built in the eighteenth century. Its first owner, Colonel Petr Chechel, invited the best craftsmen from Japan, Poland, Italy and Ukraine to build it. The palace has a Japanese room and a Chinese pavilion. The facade of the palace of the estate has slender high white columns. There are stone lions near the entrance to the building.
On the territory of the estate there is a Gothic alley. Here you can see the old gazebo and the remains of the greenhouse. There is an old landscape park in the estate. It grows more than one hundred and sixty species of different trees.
Chechel Manor was declared a state historical and cultural reserve in 1997.
Currently, excursions are held in the Chechel estate. By the way, many famous people visited the estate. Among them are Ivan Shmalgausen and Anton Chekhov.