Buchach City Hall

Buchach City Hall, also known as the Buchach townhall, is a unique building of architectural significance dating to the mid-18th century in Buchach, Ternopil region, Ukraine.

It was built in 1740-1750-th when the city belonged to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

The founder of the cityhall was Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki — Starost of Kaniv, Korsun' and Bohuslav, benefactor of the Buchach's churches, Basilian monastery and Pochayiv Lavra.

The building suffered significant damage during a 1811 fire where its spire burned and the height of the structure was reduced by 15 meters.

[1] The architects and sculptors included Bernard Meretyn and Johann Georg Pinsel, whose has been called a Galician Michelangelo.