Okopy Castle

The Okopy Castle (Ukrainian: Окопівський замок, romanized: Okopivs'kyi zamok), also locally known as Holy Trinity Trenches (Ukrainian: Фортеця Святої Трійці, romanized: Fortetsya Svyatoyi Triytsi) is located in Okopy, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The bastion fortress on the Dniester River, at the mouth of the Zbruch River, founded in 1692 by Hetman Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski, built to a design by Tylman van Gameren. The trenches were intended to block communication of the Ottoman garrison of Kamianets-Podilskyi, located 23 kilometers away, with Moldavia, from where convoys of supplies for Kamianets set out. The fortress of the Holy Trinity Trenches lost its military significance after the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), as a result of which the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth regained Kamianets-Podilskyi. It is an architectural monument of national importance.

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Okopy Castle ranks #4,391 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #64 of the 188 mapped in Ukraine. Founded 1692, it is older than 23% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,127 times in the last 60 days, more than 68% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kamianets-Podilskyi, 20 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.

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