Abstract
The study aims to analyzing the main stages of the construction of Roman Catholic churches on the territory of Volyn, their significance as objects of cultural heritage; сharacteristics of ways and forms of actualization of religious buildings as historical and architectural monuments. The research methodology is based on the use of systemic, aspectual approaches, principles of objectivity, development and interaction, a set of general scientific and special methods (classification, problem-chronological, analysis and synthesis). The scientific novelty lies in the comprehensive study of the processes of development of religious buildings of the Roman Catholic Church in Volyn during the XV – XVIII centuries as a component of the formation of the historical and cultural landscape of the region, substantiation of the importance and coverage of methods of actualization and socialization of the objects under study. Conclusions. During the XV – XVIII centuries in Volyn, thanks to the support of the state and large magnates, there were favorable conditions for the construction of Catholic religious objects in the Renaissance and Baroque styles. Churches were built in the region with the financial support of magnates, nobility, Catholic orders and at the beginning of the twentieth century formed a fairly extensive network. The Roman Catholic Church and its churches experienced a significant decline during the years of world wars and Soviet power. In independent Ukraine, the list of monuments of national importance in the Volyn region includes 13 Roman Catholic churches, 5 roadside chapels, 3 bell towers, a number of churches are monuments of local importance. Church buildings as an important element of the historical core of the city have a significant potential for the development of urban tourism, excursion and educational, cultural and historical, pilgrimage tourism. In Volyn, the most active research and popularization the Cathedral Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul of Lutsk, the Holy Trinity Collegiate Church of Olyka is carried out. The destroyed churches have a certain tourist potential – the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the village of Kysylyn; Church of St. John the Evangelist, Lyubeshiv and others. The integration of cultural heritage objects into modern society through their active popularization, use in education, art and other fields, the development of tools for communication between heritage and a person / community will contribute to the socialization of cultural heritage.