“The Mysterious Undergrounds of Rivne” — the underground floor of the Lubomirski princes’ estate “Na Hirtsi” in Shevchenko Park in Rivne. Nothing remains above ground from the palace, but the underground part has been preserved and has become one of the city’s unusual places. It borders the summer stage and the park’s operator’s booth.
Estate “Na Hirtsi”
In 1822, the sons of Prince Józef Lubomirski divided their father’s estates, and Rivne went to Fryderyk. He lived in seclusion and built himself a modest house “Na Hirtsi” outside the city, surrounding it with a garden. The old palace in the city was handed over to the gymnasium in 1844. During the First World War, the “Na Hirtsi” estate was devastated, and Adam Lubomirski sold it to the state.
Rivne Fairs
In the 1930s, the former estate was already a city park, and the magistrate asked the Lubomirskis to hold a large fair here — the “Volhynian Fairs.” After the first successful fair in 1930, Rivne began to be called the trading capital of Volhynia and all the eastern borderlands of Poland, and in 1931 the “Rivne Fairs” society was created, which held the fair annually. This page of the city’s history was only spoken about at the end of the 1990s.
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Rivne — about the city and what to see nearby.
How to Find
The undergrounds are in Shevchenko Park in Rivne, near the summer stage.
