One of the most famous castles in the village of Lviv Pidhirtsi, which played the role of the Louvre in Soviet film about the Musketeers will not be turned into a government residence. This was stated by the head of management of access to public information of the Administration of President Denis Ivanesko.

"Status Podgoretskii castle, which is a state museum, remains unchanged," - said Ivanesko. But at the same time Yanukovych instructed to find the finances for its restoration.

Like most of the former Count's manors, the castle crumbles and needs in repair. "President Viktor Yanukovych instructed the Cabinet to consider how to save the castle," - said the governor of Lviv region Michael Tsymbalyuk.

And the idea to make Podgoretskii Castle residence, explained the governor belonged to the Lviv Art Gallery director and longtime trustee of palaces Boris Voznitskomu. "Boris Grigorievich wrote a letter to the President and the Prime Minister to save the crumbling castle and to allocate money for its restoration. Gallery director himself offered to withdraw on the second floor of the castle as a residence room - told the governor. - If such a decision would have taken, then there have been no residence for the President personally, but the room for the reception of high guests, foreign delegations. "

According to Michael Tsymbalyuk, to repair the castle should be 120 million UAH. And for all castles of Lviv region - about 2 billion UAH. However, the head of the region doubt that the government would allocate such large sum for repairs, as in the field many other problems that do not have enough money (the same broken road to the border).

Boris Voznitsky "matchmaker" Pidhirtsi castle into a residence even the previous president Viktor Yushchenko. As somehow director of the gallery gave him a tour of the castles of Lvov region, was taken to Olessky, Zolochevsky castles but most of all Yushchenko was shocked Podgoretsky castle. "Do not imagine that in Ukraine has such" - he admitted.

Residence in Podgortsi Yushchenko well as did not accept, instead, shortly before his resignation from the post, a tacit residence was made ​​in the left wing of the palace Potocki in the center of Lviv. For the presidential couple was equipped bedroom, the walls of which adorned with antique paintings with rural setting and naked heroines of Greek mythology, the cabinet table with the burgomaster of Galicia of the XIX century, rooms for receptions of delegations, guards, two bathrooms and toilets, a kitchen, a secret room with a special communication. True, there Yushchenko has never stopped.

Experts persuade that Podgoretsky castle urgent need to save. "If you proceed with the repairs, you may lose the palace. There will need to repair the facade and interiors and courtyard with balconies, and around the park to clean up - says the head of the Lviv organization of the Society National Monuments of History and Cultural Andrew Salyuk. - If there is to do repairs , it's true, you can meet high-level delegation. The main thing that castle Podgoretsky not becomes someone's personal manor."