Mysteries of Sadgora

Locations: Bucovyna, Chernivtsi

Duration 2 hours

Price Adults: 250 UAH / person
Children: 200 UAH / person

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Sadgora is a small town on the left bank of the Prut River. In 1965 it became a part of Chernivtsi. Sadgora was founded in 1770 during the Russian-Turkish War. A bit later the adventurous Baron Mykola Hartenberg created there a mint on the outskirts of Chernivtsi. Since Gartenberg means in Ukrainian "Garden" ("sad" / "сад") and "Mountain" ("gora" / "гора"), so artisanal settlements were called "Sadgora". The coins that were minted in that mint had the emblems of Moldova and Voloshchyna. That is the reason why the Sadagurian coin is called the "great-grandmother of Euro".

Coin mint is the first manufactory in Chernivtsi. It appeared in the city thanks to Russian Empress Catherine. During the Russian-Turkish war (1768-1774), to provide her large army near Khotyn with everything necessary, the Empress agreed on the production of money with Baron Mykola Sadagursky (Peter-Nicolaus von Hartenberg) in Chernivtsi. Mint workers were minting coins from melted cannons from under Khotyn, where the main fighting took place. The coats of arms of Russia were not depicted on the coins, but the coin combined different monetary systems.

Church of St. Archangel Michael is one of the oldest Roman Catholic temples in Bukovina. The church was founded after the Russian-Turkish War in 1778, as a significant part of Sadgora's inhabitants professed Catholicism. Among them were Poles and Germans. Catholics made up 10% of Sadgora's total population. Jews were also involved in the construction of the temple. In the 1960s, during the Soviet Union, the church was closed. It housed a warehouse of food products. The temple was returned to the Roman Catholic community in the early 1990s.

The cavalry barracks on Nova Zhuchka in Sadhora were built in 1887. To the left of the barracks is a riding school, to the right is a canteen (Kantine).

The Synagogue or Friedman Palace is a building that attracts tourists and pilgrims from all over the world because the center of Hasidic Judaism is here. Tzadik Friedman, the spiritual father of the Sadogur Hasidism, was the owner of the great residence and the synagogue with magnificent Moorish architectural elements. He possessed the gift of healing the hopelessly ill people and didn't lose it after death as pilgrims say. Jews who settled in Sadgora at the end of the 18th century played a major role in the economic and cultural development of the town. They not only created Sadgora's "architectural face" but also started to organize many interesting fairs there. At that time, Jews made up 70-80% of the town's population. Most of them were artisans and traders. Emperor Franz II granted Sadgora with the official status of "trading town", and in the XIX century, it became an important commercial and industrial center of the Austrian Bukovina.

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Booking excursions takes place in the following order: 1. Reservation of seats (by phone, via messenger, via e-mail, in person at the office). Reservation of seats is valid only if it is confirmed by the manager. 2. Receiving confirmation from the manager that the group has been recruited and the trip will take place (usually occurs in the period from 7 to 2 days before departure) 3. Full advance payment for the excursion. 4. Receiving information from the manager by the client about the time and place of departure. 5. Participation in the excursion;
If the minimum required number of excursion participants is not reached, this excursion is canceled. If the excursion has already been paid for, the funds are returned to the client in full. The client may be notified of the cancellation of the excursion no later than 24 hours before departure (except in cases of force majeure).
If the client cancels the excursion, the payment for the excursion is refunded as follows: no later than 5 business days before departure - we refund 100% of the cost; from 3 to 2 days before departure - we refund 50% of the cost; less than 1 business day before departure, as well as in case of no-show on the day of departure (regardless of the conditions and circumstances) - we do not refund the payment;
The funds paid for the excursion can be credited to another person proposed by the client who paid and himself refused the trip;
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Visiting one tourist attraction in the excursion program can be replaced by visiting another attraction (of equal value);
The excursion takes place in any weather conditions, except in cases of a sharp deterioration in the weather (storm warning);
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