Ukraine · 16th century
The Pomoriany Castle (Ukrainian: Поморянський замок, romanized: Pomorians'kyi zamok, Polish: Zamek w Pomorzanach) is a ruined castle in the rural settlement of Pomoriany, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It originated in the 16th century as a well-fortified noble residence on the bank of the Zolota Lypa River. The castle's early owners included Mikołaj Świnka and Jan Sienieński.
The estate suffered badly at the hands of the Cossacks and Turks (1675, 1684) but Jan III Sobieski invested in the restoration in order to make Pomorzany one of his country residences. Sobieski's death in 1696 was followed by another long period of decline.
A real change came about in the castle's fortunes when, in 1789, Erasm Pruszyński started transforming the dilapidated building into a modern residence. He had the barbican gate, three towers and several wings of the old structure torn down, however.
As recently as 1939, Pomorzany was owned by the famous Potocki family. Following the September Campaign, the building was adapted for use as a school, but it was finally abandoned to rot in the late 1970s.
Text adapted from “Pomoriany Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pomoriany Castle ranks #3,832 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #61 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Ivano-Frankivsk, 80 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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