High Castle ( Ukrainian: Visokiy Zamok ) - the children of medieval Lviv , later a castle founded by the Polish king Casimir I. The hill on which they were located is called Castle Hill .
| High castle | |
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| Ukrainian High castle | |
 Fragment of engraving of the panorama of Lviv XVII century . | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 413 m |
| First climb | 13th century |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Mountain system | Podolsk Upland |
| Ridge or array | Bore |
Content
General information
It is located in close proximity to the central (historical) part of the city, formerly surrounded by fortifications. Located on Mount Zamkova (Princes, aka Bidel) in the High Castle park . The name comes from the ancient fortification of Lviv - the High Castle (as opposed to another - the Low Castle ), which existed from the XIII to the 70s. XIX century For centuries, the High Castle has been the most important defensive outpost of the city.
Like most ancient Russian cities, Lviv consisted of a detinets , a roundabout city and a barrage ( posad ). The fortress, originally having wooden and earthen fortifications, occupied the top of Castle Hill. Perhaps in the late XIII - early XIV centuries, it was rebuilt in stone. The construction of a stone castle in 1362 is attributed to the Polish king Casimir, who captured Galicia. The castle, repeating the shape of the top of the mountain, in the plan took the form of an elongated rectangle with four towers at the corners, of which the highest, western, was a sentinel. Inside the castle was divided into two courtyards by the building of the princely palace. Inside the walls were barracks, ammunition depots; a deep well was cut down in the rock. The High Castle was first stormed during the siege of Lviv in 1648 by Cossacks led by Maxim Krivonos . After 1648 the garrison was withdrawn from it, and in 1672 the Turks occupied it without a fight. At the beginning of the XVIII century, the High Castle was captured and badly destroyed by the Swedish troops under the command of Charles XII . After that, the fortress lost its strategic importance. Since the second half of the XVIII century. towers and walls are gradually dismantled into building material.
In the XIX century the castle was demolished. The hill was strengthened, trees were planted on the slopes, and in 1835 a park was organized. From the old castle, only a fragment of the southern stone wall with loopholes that protected the entrance to the castle was preserved.
Gallery
Remains of the fortress wall of the Polish fortress High Castle
Climbing the mound of the Union of Lublin
Remains of the fortress wall of the Polish fortress High Castle
See also
- Hills of Lviv
- Lower Castle (Lviv)
Notes
Literature
- Monuments of urban planning and architecture of the Ukrainian SSR. Kiev: Budivelnik, 1983-1986. Volume 3, p. 75.