Ukraine · 16th century
Cossack fortress in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi ranks #8,239 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #133 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
The Cossack fortress in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi was built by Vladimir the Great to protect the southern borders of Rus' against raids by the Cumans.
Machine-translated from “Zamek w Perejasławiu” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
View on the interactive castle map →