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Once guarding #PolishLithuanianCommonwealth borders, #MykulyntsiCastle sits on the #SeretRiver. This #Renaissance #CastleRuin was a stronghold during #Tatar & #Ottoman raids, its 16th CE bastions protected nobles. In 1675, the besieged #Fortress surrendered to the Turks on condition that all would go free. The commander & his sons were impaled - the rest abducted into slavery.
In Source: Mykulyntsi Castle
One of the most powerful eastern fortresses of the #PolishLithuanianCommonwealth, #ChernelytsiaCastle is a 17th CE decorative #Renaissance #Baroque palace. Used by the Soviets as a hospital in WW2, its 2.5 hectare layout is surrounded by ramparts & bastions. The 6m high curtain wall & tower survived wars & decay - a #Castle in ruins, this #NationalTreasure awaits restoration.
In Source: Chernelytsia Castle
The legacy of genius writer poet & artist #TarasShevchenko is preserved at the #NationalMuseumofTarasShevchenko - hit by a #RussianMilitaryAttack in Oct 2022. Housed in a 19th CE #Renaissance palace once owned by the #Tereshchenko family, it opened in 1949 to exhibit manuscripts, artworks & personal items of one of Ukraine’s most iconic figures #UkranianCultureUnderAttack
In Source: #TarasShevchenkoMuseum
Standing firm above the #IkvaRiver since the 15th CE, the mighty towers & dry moats of #DubnoCastle guarded the #Volhynia frontier. Rebuilt by the #Ostrogski & #Lubomirski families, this #Renaissance #Fortress & #HistoricLandmark has been a treasury, battleground & prison. Legends of buried gold & ghostly defenders watching over the city of #Dubno, are still retold.
In Source: Dubno Castle
Ukrainian aristocrat Prince #JanuszWisniowiecki inherited #ZbarazhCastle in the 17th CE after Uncles Krzysztof & Yerzy, last of the royal #PolishLithuanian #Zbaraski family, had built the #Castle & vanished leaving no heirs. Left vacant, #Wisniowiecki made a #Renaissance #Baroque #Palace #Fortress that dominates the #Zamkova hills in #Galicia. Iconic #HauntedHouse & #Museum
In Source: Zbarazh Castle
In the city of #Zhovkva, a Polish 16th CE Military Commander #StanislawZolkiewskia built a #Fortress as a residence & a #Renaissance city quickly grew around it. Its golden age was in the 17th CE when statesman #JakubSobieski inherited & passed it to his son King #JanIIISobieski. Damaged during #WWI, its royal halls & gardens are symbolic of #UkrainianHeritage & its grandeur.
In Source: Zhovkva Castle
Once home to the noble #Sobieski family, #ZolochivCastle is a 17th CE #Palace #Fortress built by #JakubSobieski between 1634–36. Its refined #Renaissance elegance, secret tunnels & bastions, crown the #Zolochiv hills & the #ChinesePalace, a tiny mauve coloured garden rotunda, sparks royal intrigue. Part of the #LvivNationalArtGallery, it stirs legends & views of #Galicia.
In Source: Zolochiv Castle
#PidhirtsiCastle blends the 17th CE #Renaissance grace of a #Palace with military strength. Once a richly furnished & valuable #Baroque #PalaceGarden complex called the “Versailles of Galicia” this #Fortress is now a symbol of faded noble grandeur & part of the #LvivNationalArtGallery. A #GhostStory of a White Lady & ballroom duel surround this #HauntedHouse & #ArchitecturalGem
In Source: Pidhirtsi Castle
A #HouseOfStuart church in #StuartLondon was typically influenced by #Gothic #Architecture the #Renaissance & #Jacobean extravagance. Craftsmen embellished fine woodwork with ornate decorative mouldings to add drama to interiors e.g. #HammerbeamRoof. Yet, the new fashion, initiated by #InigoJones, swept away the picturesque Gothic in favour of a disciplined #Palladian symmetry.
In Source: Royal #HouseofStuart
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