Hrymailiv Castle

The Hrymailiv Castle (Ukrainian: Гримайлівський замок, romanized: Hrymailivs'kyi zamok) is located in Hrymailiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. At the end of the 16th century, Hrymailiv was owned by the Ludzicki family of the Grzymala coat of arms, who erected a castle here, and an architectural monument of local importance.

The stronghold was destroyed during the wars with the Cossacks and also Tatar and Turkish attacks in 1651, 1675. After the war damage in the first half of the 18th century, the castle was restored and strengthened in defense by Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski of the Leliwa coat of arms, to whom Hrymailiv had belonged from at least 1715. In 1726, following the death of Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski in Lviv, the last male member of the family, his daughter Maria Zofia Czartoryska married August Aleksander Czartoryski, Voivode of the Rus, in July 1731 in Warsaw and brought a huge estate as dowry. The next owner of the stronghold was Maria Zofia Czartoryska's daughter: Izabela Lubomirska (Elżbieta Czartoryska), the spouse of the Grand Marshal of the Crown (Hetman) Stanislaw Lubomirski.

In 1805 the castle suffered a fire, during which the fire consumed the upper floors. The stronghold was rebuilt in a fairly short time, eliminating the chapel. In its place, stables were built on the first floor and kitchens on the first floor. In 1816, after the death of Izabela Lubomirska (Elisabeth Czartoryska), the estate was given to Konstancja Rzewuska, née Lubomirska. In 1825 the estate was auctioned off due to debts. Banker Leopold Elkan de Elkansberg became the next owner of the estate.

The castle was famous for its rich furnishings: stylish furniture, paintings and portraits of the owners painted by Juliusz Kossak, Wojciech Kossak, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Alojzy Rejchan. The library had more than 5,000 volumes, and the archive was from the 16th-18th centuries. All this was lost during World War I and World War II: during World War I the facility was destroyed and robbed. The Wolański family managed to rebuild it by 1927; the outbreak of World War II saw another plundering of the historic collection.

On 15 March 1831, the estate was bought from Leopold Elkansberg by Antym Nikorowicz, an Armenian by origin, who decided to rebuild the fortress into a modern palace with an English park around 1840. The southern wing with 2.

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Hrymailiv Castle ranks #7,378 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #129 of the 188 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1700, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kamianets-Podilskyi, 84 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.

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