bell tower

The article traces the history of the origin of the Manyavsky Hermitage and reveals the stages of development of the monastery from the beginning of its foundation and formation, prosperity to the decline, destruction and revival in our time. In the course of the research, the architectural-spatial and planning structure of the monastery ensemble of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Manyava were analyzed.

 The article considers such a historical and fortification phenomenon as church
defense complexes. Their existence dates back to the late MiddleAges and Early Modern Times.
This type of fortified structures was spread on the territory of such modern countries as the
Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Belarus, and Romania. Ukraine is no
exception.
The question of the existence of church defense complexes or defense churches was
considered by Ukrainian historiography during the 20th century exclusively on the territory of

The article considers such a historical and fortification phenomenon as church defense
complexes. Their existence dates back to the late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. This type of
fortified structures was spread on the territory of such modern countries as the Republic of Poland,
the Czech Republic, the Republic of Belarus, and Romania. Ukraine is no exception.
The question of the existence of church defense complexes or defense churches was considered
by Ukrainian historiography during the 20th century exclusively on the territory of the Western

There are quite a lot of bells in Ukraine. They appeared in different periods of the history of sacred construction. The presence of towers-bells with "subterranean", churches with belfries over the maidens, empores and specially built bells for bells, points to the fact that in the Ukrainian ethnic territory ancient architectural solutions to the bell structures that were formed under the influence of Western European and local schools were preserved wooden construction. At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries bells are looking for their place in church building.