Mykulyntsi Castle

The Mykulyntsi Castle (Ukrainian: Микулинецький замок, romanized: Mykulynets'kyi zamok) is a castle built in 1550 in Mykulyntsi of the Ternopil Oblast by Anna Jordanowa from the Sieniawski family, wife of Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan in Zakliczyn, castellan of Kraków. An architectural monument of national importance.

The stronghold, located on a mountain on the right bank of the Seret River, was frequently attacked and invaded, as it stood on the so-called Tartar route. In 1675, during the invasion of Ibrahim Szyszman, the castle was besieged by the Turks; after a 15-day defense, it surrendered on the condition that the crew and residents be let go. The invaders did not honor the agreement. The commanders (including the commandant of the castle, a certain Orchyjowski, with his three sons) were murdered by being impaled, while the rest of the defenders were abducted into slavery. For a period the fortress was the seat of the Zborowski family, given as a dowry by Zofia, daughter of Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, who married Samuel Zborowski.

In 1637, the stronghold was purchased by Stanislaw Koniecpolski, castellan of Kraków and Grand Hetman of the Crown. Subsequent owners of the castle were the Sieniawski, Lubomirski and Mniszech families. At the end of the 19th century, the castle was converted into stables.

From the mid-18th century, the owner of the castle was Ludwika Potocka of the Mniszech family, castellan of Krakow, who bought the estate from the Lubomirskis and built the current palace. In 1792 the owner of the palace was the baron Konopka family. At the beginning of the 19th century Jan Konopka arranged a cloth factory in part of the castle halls, which could not withstand competition from factories existing in the western Austrian provinces. The palace now houses a physical therapy sanatorium. The former interiors were adapted for medical activities and no longer have stylish features.

The castle in the 16th century was a residential building with four wings 75 meters long and large cellars. Its outer walls were 2 meters thick. Inside the fortress was a courtyard, accessed by entrance gates, located on the east and west sides. Towers three stories high with gun emplacements stood at three corners.

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Mykulyntsi Castle ranks #6,872 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #109 of the 188 mapped in Ukraine. Founded 1550, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Ivano-Frankivsk, 83 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.

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