- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1631 · 17th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Style
- Renaissance
- Architect
- Vincenzo Scamozzi
- Coordinates
- 49.6634°, 25.7854°
History
After the Tatars repeatedly sacked the old Zbaraski castle at Staryi Zbarazh, Princes Jerzy and Krzysztof Zbaraski built a new fortress on a hill above the town. Work went on through the 1620s and was completed around 1631; the design is attributed to the Flemish engineer Henrik van Peene. In 1649 Polish crown troops under Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki held out here for weeks against Khmelnytsky's Cossacks and the Tatars, until the Treaty of Zboriv ended the siege. In 1675 the Turks took the castle and massacred its defenders. Rebuilt by Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki, it passed to the Potocki family in 1682 and later to the Lubomirskis.
What to see
The castle is a square of about 88 metres a side, with four corner bastions and a wide moat. A Baroque gateway leads inside, where the rebuilt palace houses the museums of the Zbarazh historical and architectural reserve, with displays on the fortress's history, weapons and period interiors. The ramparts look out over the town and the Bernardine monastery.
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