Castles in Ukraine

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Khotyn Fortress, Pidhirtsi Castle, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Zbarazh Castle, List of castles in Ukraine, Okopy, Ternopil Oblast, Palanok Castle, Olesko Castle, Yazlovets, Kiliya, Ukraine, Lviv High Castle, Yeni-Kale, Mangup, Ostroh Castle, Kodak Fortress, Uzhhorod Castle, Lubart's Castle, Dubno Castle, Zhovkva Castle, Zolochiv Castle, Olyka Castle, Chynadiyovo, Berezhany Castle, Stare Selo, Svirzh Castle, Starokostiantyniv Castle, Pomoriany Castle, Medzhybizh Fortress, Ternopil Castle, Nevytsky Castle, Kudryntsi Castle, Brody Castle, Sydoriv Castle, Letychiv Fortress, Popov Castle. Excerpt: Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle - a.new,#quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:5:f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle A 1691 French map depicting the Kamianets Old Town neighborhood and castleAccording to local legends, the first fortifications were built in the area during the Roman Emperor Trajan's rule between 101-107 AD. Traditionally, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle was thought to have been founded during the second half of the 14th century, as the first accurate historical accounts of the castle date back to the mid-14th century, when most of the territories of western Rus' were under control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A written document by Prince Yuriy Koriatovych in 1374, for example, mentions that the Magdeburg rights would be presented to Kamianets inside the castle. Archaeological excavations during the 1960s, however, provided contrasting evidence suggesting that the castle might date back even earlier to the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th centuries. It is also clear from historical and archaeological evidence that an earthen fortress existed in the area during the time of the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus', but not on the same site as the current castle. The castle was outdated but remained vital to the defense of Kamianets and nearby trade routes; as a result, the voivode of Kraków, Spytek of Melsztyn, began modernizing the complex at the turn of the 15th century. During the reconstruction, the old towers were renovated and ten new towers were added. A century and a half later, the castle was updated again, this time by military engineer and architect Yov Pretfes, who built the New Western and Eastern Towers, the castle's eastern wall and an underground gallery, as well as the Full Gates and housing for the town's starosta community. An old lithograph depicting the castle walls with a se