Chełm
Historical Towns and Villages
In the 8th–10th centuries, there was a defensive town among the Cherven Cities, located on Chełm Hill. In the first half of the 13th century Prince Danylo Romanovych made Chełm the capital of the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia, by ordering the construction of a palace and an Orthodox church.
In the next century Chełm became the capital of the Chełm Land, and in 1392, Władysław Jagiełło awarded the town Magdeburg rights. Currently in Chełm, apart from the Hill itself and the tunnels in the chalk rock, it is worth seeing the Church of Apostles the Messengers, with a rich Baroque-Rococo interior, an Orthodox church of St John the Theologian built in the 19th century, the multi-department Museum of the Chełm Land with a unique collection of modern art, and a unique urban and architectural complex “Osiedle Dyrekcja” built during the interwar period.
