Dovbush rocks

Cave complex Dovbush Rocks in Bubnyshche
Ukraine, Ivano Frankivsk
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Dovbush rocks

Cave complex Dovbush Rocks in Bubnyshche
Ukraine, Ivano Frankivsk
The main group of rocks with an area of ​​100 hectares, up to 30 m high, in a semicircle covers the inner area from the north and east, bounded by a moat and, obviously, a defensive rampart on the western side. In addition to the main group of rocks that surround the ancient dwelling, there are many individual rock towers in the surrounding forest. Among them, it should be noted in the west the highest "Tulip" (up to 40 m in height), south-west of it - "Kukla", and also in the north, by the road, a solitary "Windmill". These caves with benches, stairs, ditches, ramparts, loopholes, wells, unfortunately, have not been fully explored to this day. Most scientists believe that these are most likely the remains of a rock monastery. Some people believe that there were castles or watchtowers here since Russian times (IX-XIII centuries), which informed the population about the alarm before an attack. Until that time, traces of outbuildings to the rocks have been preserved, perhaps these were wooden walls and fortifications of some kind of castle. Some associate various structures in the caves and the caves themselves with the presence of the leaders of the Carpathian opryshkas there, especially with the name of Oleksa Dovbush. Climbing the stairs to the rocks, from which a beautiful panorama of the Carpathian ranges opens, in the distance in the south west you can see Mount Klyuch, and a little to the right - Mount Parashka.

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Traveled 6 years ago
Rating 10
In the Ukrainian Carpathians there are several rocks of Dovbush - not far from Yaremche, Upper Sinevidny and near the village of Bubnyshche, Iv-Frankivsk region. The Dovbush Rocks are an incredible natural monument. Until s. Bubnishche was reached by car, and then on foot. The road is not difficult, we walked through the forest for 40-50 minutes. It is convenient that it is cool in the forest and you do not feel the heat in summer. We reached the rocks, and there is beauty! We climbed the rocks, walked around.
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Traveled 7 years ago
Rating 9
We decided to go directly to the mountains - to look at the Dovbush Rocks. For those who do not know, Oleksa Dovbush is a popular Carpathian hero of the XVIII century. The mountain ensemble itself consists of several rocks, which can be bypassed on one side by a convenient wide road and reach the central plain among them, or go a narrow, inconvenient and quite dangerous path through the rocks. There is a legend among the people that calls this path "purgatory": allegedly a person who has walked this path and come to the plain is cleansed of all sins.
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