Hnyla Lypa

Hnyla Lypa is a river in Ukraine, a tributary of the Dniester river. The name literally means "rotten linden tree" both in Polish and Ukrainian. It runs parallel to the Zolota Lypa river.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in Ukraine
Also known as: “Gnilaya Lipa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Halych Castle and Halych National Nature Park.

Halych Castle

Castle

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Halych Castle, is a castle in Halych, Ukraine. The first castle here was built in the 14th century by the Polish king Casimir III the Great to protect the borders of the Kingdom of Poland after the incorporation of Red Ruthenia into it.

Halych National Nature Park

Museum

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The Halych National Nature Park highlights forest, steppe, meadow, and wetlands of the borderlands between the Ukrainian Carpathians and the southwestern part of the East European Plain. Halych National Nature Park is situated 4 km southwest of Hnyla Lypa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tustan and Halych.

Tustan

Village

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Tustan is a village.

Halych

Town

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Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia, and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, of which it was the capital until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local rulers moved to Lviv.