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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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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Natural Park "Podilski Tovtry"
Tovtry are the remnants of the coastal reefs, located along the ancient shoreline. There are no analogues in the world, but there are rocky ridges in the UK and USA similar in the geological structures. Tovtry are a local name for the rocky arched ridge,
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Lviv High Castle
The Park “High Castle”, located almost in the center of Lviv, rises majestically above the city. From the highest point, at the altitude of 413 meters above sea level, where is the observation point, there is a breathtaking panorama of the
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Castle Palanok in Mukachevo. Ukraine
This unique castle is one of the most valuable architectural and historical monuments of XIV-XVII centuries. And its beautiful name "Palanok" it received due to ditch fences Palanka around it in a deep ditch.Looking from afar, like a single structure,
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Shenbourne Castle
The Castle of Earl Shenbourne is one of the most colorful castles among the existent ones in Zakarpattya, it is situated in Western Ukraine in the center of Zakarpattya region in the small village between Mukachevo and Svalyava. In the 13th of June 1728
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Fortress near the village Tarakaniv
Fortress near the village Tarakaniv in Dubninski district Rivne region (Ukraine) had been erected since 1895 to 1900 by Russian militaries who wanted to make it the bastion on the border with Austro-Hungarian Empire. But only one big battle took place
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Khotyn fortress. Ukrainian fortress over the Dniester
Khotyn fortress is located in the Western Ukraine not far from the city Chernivtsi and surrounded with a small town Khotyn. The great stone fortress over the Dniester is regarded one of "Ukraine's Seven Wonders". Khotyn was almost always a frontier town:
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