- Type
- Ruin
- Coordinates
- 50.0950°, 25.7308°
History
A stronghold stood on the steep hill above Kremenets by the 12th–13th century; according to a Rus' chronicle, Batu Khan failed to take it in 1240. In the 14th century Kremenets came under Lithuanian rule and the timber defences were replaced with masonry. In 1536 Sigismund the Old granted the town and castle to Queen Bona Sforza, who enlarged the fortifications – hence the hill's present name. In autumn 1648, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, Cossacks under Maksym Kryvonis took the castle after a siege of several weeks and destroyed it; it was never rebuilt.
What to see
A path climbs to the summit from the old town. What survives is a gate tower with a pointed archway and stretches of the curtain wall along the edge of the slope. The hill offers a wide panorama of Kremenets, with the Baroque former Jesuit college that housed the famous Kremenets Lyceum, and the surrounding hills.
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