Castles
Traveling through Ukraine you will find a lot of great castles, fortresses and palaces. Ukrainian castles and fortresses were built in different centuries. Some of them are restored and others need state investment for restoration and preservation.
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Sydoriv Castle
Sydoriv is a village located 7 km south of Husiatyn, Ternopil region. Among many others, this village is distinguished by the fact that here lies one of the most beautiful castles of Ukraine - Sydoriv Castle. Long time ago in Sidorov was situated the
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Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy Fortress
Akkerman Fortress or Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy fortress is the largest fortress on the territory of Ukraine. It is located in Belgorod Dnestrovskiy town in Odessa region. Fortress was built in the 13th century by (Genoans) Genoese on the bank of the
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Zbarazh Castle
Originally Zbarazh Castle (Ternopil region) was built to protect the borders of Galicia-Volyn principality. This construction has two dates of building - 1393 and 1626-1631. The first date relates to the Prince Koribut construction. Zbarazh Castle of
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Chervonograd - the city which is dissapared from the map of Ukraine
Terra incognita – lat. “unexplored land”. Do you think there are no such lands on the map of Ukraine except Chernobyl? You are wrong. Let me introduce you city Chervonograd (Chervonogorod), vanished from the map. It was located near the
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Svirzh Castle
In western Ukraine there is a small village Svirzh wich is located not far from Lviv. Actually, at the very beginning Svirzh was a unique castle, which functioned as a defense fort and as a settlement. The commencement date of Svirzh castle construction
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Novomalin Castle
There is a landmark just in 10 km from Ostrog, which is certainly to visit - the ruins of Novomalin castle (village Novomalin in Rivne region). First time it was mentioned in 1392 – the Polish King Vladislav Jagailo gave this locality to the
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Lubart Castle in Lutsk
According to the local legend, Lutsk castle appeared as a result of marriage of a known in those days Lithuanian Grand Duke and a local princess. The name of the prince was Lubart Vitov, so now the castle is also called Lubart castle. The Construction of
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Castle of Richard the Lionheart in Kiev
The house № 15, called Castle of Richard the Lionheart, is situated between the Andrew's Descent (Andreevsky Spusk), the old Kiev street, and the Vozdyhalnitsa Hill, the historical area, mentioned in Old Russian annals. It’s widely thought that the
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Kodak Fortress near Dnepropetrovsk
Kodak fortress is a Polish fortress and is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River in one an a half kilometer from Dnepropetrovsk in the village of “Stari Kodaky”. The name of the fortress in Turkic language means "settlement on the
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Castle in Kamenets-Podolsky
It’s impossible to imagine Kamenets-Podolsky without the famous old castle - a unique defense structure of XI-XVII centuries, built on a rocky headland near the narrow isthmus, through which there led a long main road to the Old Town. The stone
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