Old Estate under Renovation Photo

Photographer’s Note

Urban village of Sharivka in the region of Bogoduhiv was the second stop during our two-day bike trip over old Ukrainian estates in Kharkiv oblast, the first one being Giyivka.

This landscape architectural complex was founded in 1800. In 1900 the new owner of the estate, sugar manufacturer Leopold Kenig, rebuilt the palace and reconstructed the park. In Soviet times there was a sanatorium for consumptives there. Two years ago the sanatorium was moved to another place and the reconstruction working started. As you can see in the picture, now the palace is in a pretty good shape, but the terraces, bridges and ponds are to be repaired yet.

I hope, that in three years, when Kharkiv is one of the four Ukrainian host cities (along with Donetsk, Kyiv and Lviv) for such a big international football event as Euro 2012, the landscape architectural complex in Sharivka will be fully ready to accept visitors from all over the world, who are interested not only in football. The distance between Kharkiv and Sharivka is about 60 km or three-hour ride by bicycle.

GPS coordinates: 50.044 Lat, 35.435 Long

Please see other shots from this trip – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

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rodgerg (23013) 2009-06-15 10:01

Hello Sergiy,

An excellent vegetal framing with this Fg which give too a great prospect to the castle. The peoples give an interesting element of life and an idea of the scale of the place.
Have a good evening,
Roger

belido (16019) 2009-06-15 10:06

Hi Sergiy,

you chose the perfect angle for this beautiful construction. Placing it between the trees makes this more inviting. The people also brings size reference to the scene. Great job!
Regards,
Carlos

vasilpro (7959) 2009-06-15 10:40

Hello Sergiy,
The composition is very nice with all these vegetation and the interesting white architecture in the BG. The only missing is a blue sky.
Have a good evening, Vasilis.

dip (12408) 2009-06-15 12:01

Hello Sergiy,
nice image,good point of view and natural framing of the beautiful building between of the trees,
Greetings,
Dimitris.

UlfE (8837) 2009-06-17 12:54

Hi Sergiy,

The juicy and very greeen vegetation is a perfect framing to the place. Your inclusion of people is great. Their red clothes are real eye catchers and contributes to the attractiveness of the scene. TFS and have a nice evening!

Cheers,

Ulf

shevchenko (9736) 2009-06-17 20:04

Hi Sergiy,
What a beautiful palace hide behind the clumps and walls, good discover on it, cloudy day make the scene simply in white and green color, but it is good for bike trip, thanks for sharing the historical palace.
Ally

paololg (13144) 2009-06-18 14:20

Ciao dear Sergiy,
beautiful image, well animated by the people, of this interesting construction whose architecture remembers that of a castle. I like your POV and the way in which you have inserted it among the trees. Excellent work, compliments!
Ciao, have a nice friday!
Paolo

maloutim (3899) 2009-06-24 9:27

Hi Sergiy!
a good POV of this beautiful palace. Nice contrast between the greenery in the foreground and the white palace in the background!
Good to see that these landmarks are being renovated , for the pleasure of everybody this time, not only for the few rich!
TFS, and best wishes!
Marie Louise.

npecanhuk (12987) 2009-06-30 13:32

Hello Sergiy!
The place looks so pleasant!
Your picture is very good and truly beautiful!
Sharpness and exposure are pretty suitable to the image! The green color dominates de scene and that pleases me! Viewpoint was well chosen and composition well done!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

mkamionka (4226) 2009-07-02 8:32

Hi Sergiy,
I have the impression that I have seen this place before.
The castle itself resembles a little Hohenschwangau Castle in Bavaria.
Place is really pretty and I am glad that it is being renovated.
TFS
M