Ukraine · 14th century
Kyiv Castle (Ukrainian: Київський замок, romanized: Kyjivsjkyj zamok) was the most powerful fortress in Dnieper Ukraine between the 14th and first half of the 16th century. It was built in the 14th century on Zamkova Hora (Castle Hill) in Kyiv (Lithuanian: Kyjivas). It had wooden fortifications, two gates, about 20 buildings, the only clock in the city until the 17th century, at various times from 3 to 15 three-tiered watchtowers, from 1 to 4 wells 60 metres deep, and during its heyday (1552) — 3 Orthodox and 1 Catholic churches. It existed from the end of the 14th to the middle of the 17th century. It was destroyed by the troops of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
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Kyiv Castle ranks #3,209 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #55 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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