Welcome to my university, Chernivtsi National University

Hello everyone everywhere! Yesterday despite the cloudy dreary weather we took a quick trip to Chernivtsi, the place where I spent 5 years of my life as a student. I wanted to show my husband my University and a little bit of old town which carries features of old Austrian style pretty much in every building of the old center. And, of course, I wanted to boast with the magnificent building of my University that was constructed under the supervision of Czech architect Josef Hlavka, who eventually became the richest Czech person in entire Austro Hungarian Empire and also is famous for working on another jewel of European architecture - Vienna Opera House. So here it is

Chernivtsi National University is the part of the UNESCO Heritage List. It is former Residence of Bukovyna and Dalmatia Metropolitans and was the centre of the Bukovyna Orthodox Metropolis in the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It consists of three monumental buildings that you can see on the photos — the metropolitan’s building, the seminary and the monastery — and an arboretum. The metropolitan’s building once used to be the living quarters, as well as administrative premises and assembly rooms. It represents a remarkable combination of classical architectural styles as well as the art of local ethnic groups that the Bukovyna region is famous for. In order to construct this architectural jewel, the city had to create the whole infrastructure for it - two brick factories, one ceramic workshop and a great number of other facilities that employed craftsmen from all over the region. Chernivtsi has a lot of other wonderful things to surprise you with. So if you decide to go on a trip to Ukraine don't forget to include Chernivtsi to your itinerary - you won't regret it! Stay safe and have a great day!