Skala-Podilska Castle
castle in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
The Skala-Podilska Castle (Ukrainian: Скала-Подільський замок, romanized: Skala-Podil'skyi zamok) it is located Skala-Podilska of the Ternopil Oblast, above a ravine of the Zbruch River, on a rocky promontory accessible only from the south. An architectural monument of national importance.
History
The castle was erected in the 14th century by the family of the Prince Koriatowiczów. Then, after 1515, it was significantly expanded by Stanislaw Lanckoroński of Brzezie (1465–1535) of Zadora coat of arms, starosta of Kamieniec, later Sandomierz voivode at the behest of King Sigismund I the Old. The Lanckoronski family owned the castle until 1706. Then the owners were the Tarłows. All that remains of the castle, which occupied the entire promontory, is a massive 16th-century tower, standing at the base of the promontory.
Palace
The ruins of the two-story Tarłow palace, which divided the castle courtyard into two parts: the larger southern part and the smaller northern part, where the remains of the oldest part of the castle are located. In 1914. The Gołuchowskis built a new one-story palace on a different site.
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