Collegial Church (Art Museum)

The collegial church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ivano-Frankivsk is one of the most valuable architectural monuments of the city. Arch.F. Corassini built it as the tomb of the Potocki family, who owned the city in the XVII-XVIII centuries (the coat of arms of the Potocki is located at the height of the second floor in front of buttresses). Three-nave basilica with a transept in the Baroque style with Renaissance elements. In the interiors there are frescoes by A. Fabyansky. In the XVIII - XIX centuries. the church was repeatedly completed. In Soviet times, the temple was closed, until it houses the exposition of the Art Museum of the Carpathian region. The samples of Galician icon painting, Baroque sculpture of Gudder and Pinzel, the work of the classics of Western Ukrainian painting: K. Ustinovich, I. Trush, J. Pstrak, Y. Dankevich, E. Kulchytskaya, as well as the works of Polish, Austrian, German and Italian masters of the XVIII-XX centuries are presented.