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During 16th and 17th centuries, the Renaissance style spread widely
in Ukraine. The phenomenon has reflected most vividly in the architecton-
ics of Lviv. The Revival Style ensemble of houses, which dominant fea-
ture of the so-called Chorna Kamianytsia – a black structure surrounded by

the lighter ones, has preserved almost completely in one of the central
squares of this city. Extraneous features of epochs and combination of
various styles in the architectural style of the city make it a genuine open-

air museum. UNESCO as cultural heritage of humanity registered the his-
torical downtown part of Lviv.
Renaissance arrival was also of great importance for further develop-
ment of Ukrainian architecture, especially the Ukrainian Baroque style.

The Baroque art and architecture that happened to be the climax of artistic
efforts in West and East Europe and appreciated highly in Ukraine of the
17th century had combined with local artistry here, especially the one of

stonework, creating a new unique style of Ukrainian Baroque. Thanks the
active activity of Hetman Mazepa in the field of construction the Baroque
style in Ukraine is also called the “Mazepian Style”. Unfortunately, the

majority of masterpieces of the Ukrainian Baroque style failed to have pre-
served; partly it happened because of the Bolshevik policy of “temple de-
struction” and partly due to specific offshoot of the style – the so-called

Cossack Baroque represented by churches made of wood.
In the 18th century, the Ukrainian Baroque underwent changes: the
faces were plastered and decorated with modeling which example is the
Pokrovska Church built from the design of outstanding Ukrainian architect

Hryhorovych-Barsky.
Baroque is the style of architectural ensembles. The majority of the
ensembles of Ukrainian monasteries had been formed in different periods,

often even in old Rus times, however their final formation occurred during
the epoch of Baroque when all the structures were licked into unified sty-
listic shape. Such are the monasteries of the Dnipro River region and left
bank Ukraine, Saint Sophia Cathedral ensemble and Vydubetsk monastery

in Kyiv.
Starting with the end of the 18th century Classicism, the so-called its
urban style came to Ukraine which characteristic feature was considerable

reduction in construction of churches with preference for palaces and pub-
lic buildings. It was during this period that from the design of Italian archi-
tect Bartolomeo Rastrelli the Mariinsky Palace, the present-day residence

of the President of Ukraine, was erected.

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