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Horodok Castle, Ternopil Oblast

Horodok Castle
Городоцький замок
The Horodok and castle on the map by Friedrich von Mieg, 19th century.
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General information
LocationHorodok, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast
CountryUkraine
Coordinates48°37′31″N 25°51′19″E / 48.62528°N 25.85528°E / 48.62528; 25.85528

Horodok Castle (Ukrainian: Городоцький замок) was a lost defensive structure in the village of Horodok of the Zalishchyky urban hromada in the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine.

History

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There was a castle and city fortifications in the village of Horodok in the Chortkiv Raion.[1] The village was first mentioned in 1453.[2] At the beginning of the 15th century, the town already had fortifications.[3] In 1600, a part of the crown army was stationed in the castle, which later went on the Wallachian campaign of Jan Zamoyski.[4] The town with the castle and fortifications can be seen on the map of Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan of the 17th century. The castle with four bastions is also marked on the map of Friedrich von Mieg. 1782 without a single destroyed bastion. The stronghold is also known as "Shantsi Panny Marii".[3]

Horodok Castle on Guillaume de Beauplan's map, 17th century.

References

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  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) Безгубенко О., Бойко В., Мизак Н., Олійник, В., Городок // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 165—166. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
  2. ^ Volodymyr Dobrianskyi. Чи було село Городок приміською зоною літописного Василева: історико-археологічний та топонімічний аспект дослідження // Археологія Буковини: здобутки та перспективи — Чернівці, 2018. — S. 36—40.
  3. ^ a b Grzegorz Rąkowski [pl]: Podole Przewodnik krajoznaczo-historyczny po Ukrainie Zachodniej. Pruszków: Rewasz, 2005, s. 338. ISBN 83-89188-46-5.
  4. ^ "Szaniec Panny Marii". Border of the Cultures. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30.