Description of the attraction
The ruins of the Jesuit monastery in the city of Zhitomir are a preserved architectural monument of national importance. The historical building, built in 1724, is located in the central part of the city, between the Kamenka River and Zamkovaya Gora, at the beginning of Chernyakhovsky Street, 12.
Jesuit jurisprudence was founded after the Polish king August II, with his privilege, gave these lands to the Jesuit order, who founded a college and a monastery here. Yuridika is an administratively independent, isolated part of the city, which was not subject to the administrative and judicial powers of local self-government. There were corresponding religious institutions, the first school in the city, residential buildings for students and teachers, as well as a slaughterhouse, a bakery, shops, and a candle factory. In addition, the lawyer had its own court at its disposal. In 1789, the magistrate of Zhitomir asked the Polish crown court to order the Jesuits to pay taxes to the city budget, explaining that there was a massacre there and various items were sold, all without any remuneration to the city.
After a while, land plots began to be leased to urban residents. The legal system was being built up tightly and quickly, but chaotically. In 1792, after the Volyn lands were annexed to the Russian Empire, certain legal rights were abolished. In 1893, a decree was issued on the liquidation of the Jesuit monastery, and provincial offices were to be located in the buildings of jurisprudence.
During the period of the military operation to liberate the city from the German fascist invaders, most of the surviving buildings of the law were completely destroyed. In 1960-1980. in their place was built a complex of residential buildings and buildings for a number of organizations. To date, from all the old buildings of the monastery complex, only a dilapidated two-story building of the cell building remains.
