Liubartas Castle
| Liubartas Castle | ||
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 The entrance to the Lubarta Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Lutsk Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1340-1383 | |
| Castle type : | Summit castle | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Construction: | Brick construction | |
| Place: | Lutsk | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 44 '20 " N , 25 ° 19' 24" E | |
| Height: | 183 m | |
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The Liubartas Castle (or Lutsk Castle ; Ukrainian Замок Любарта Samok Lubarta , Polish Zamek w Łucku ) is located in the old town of Lutsk in the Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine .
location
The very well-preserved castle is located on a hill in the old town of Lutsk. It is only accessible from one side. It replaces an older system on the banks of the Styr .
investment
The diameter of the castle is about 100 meters. The complex was built from bricks and has three towers. The entrance is through the castle gate in the main tower.
Today the castle houses a book museum, which deals with the history of book printing, as well as a bell museum in the former bishop's tower. The third tower, the so-called Styrian tower, was used as an archive, and the castle prison was located in the basement.
history
The construction was started by the Lithuanian prince Liubartas (Orthodox name Dmitri) in 1340 and finished in 1383.
Prince Vytautas later had one of his residences in the castle. In 1429 the Lutsk Congress took place in the castle .
On July 2, 1941, 1,160 Jews were murdered by the Germans within the walls of the castle.
The castle complex has been restored since 1977.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timothy Snyder : The Life and Death of Western Volhynian Jewry, 1921-1945. In: Ray Brandon, Wendy Lower: The Shoah in Ukraine. Indiana University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-253-35084-8 , p. 92.