Holy Cross Monastery stands on high ground in Poltava, a little apart from the city's central museum-and-park circuit. The complex is historically important to the city and visually rewarding, with Ukrainian baroque forms, monastery walls, and a position that gives broader views than the flatter central streets.
It is a strong secondary Poltava sight rather than a national headline monument. Visit for the architecture, the quiet compound atmosphere, and the way the monastery anchors the older spiritual geography of the city. Modest dress and ordinary church etiquette apply when services are taking place.