Halych

Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in . The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia, and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, of which it was the capital until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local rulers moved to .
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Photo: Roman Zacharij, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Halych Castle and Halych National Nature Park.

Castle
Photo: Roman Zacharij, Public domain.
, is a first castle here was built in the 14th century by the Polish king Casimir III the Great to protect the borders of the Kingdom of Poland after the incorporation of Red Ruthenia into it.

Museum
The highlights forest, steppe, meadow and wetlands of the borderlands between the and the southwestern part of the East European Plain. is situated 3 km south of Halych.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shevchenkove and Tustan.

Village
is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Halych.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Halych.

Village
is a village of in , . It is located 5 kilometres south of modern Halych and is part of the Ancient Halych National Reserve. is situated 5 km southwest of Halych.

Halych

Latitude
49.12332° or 49° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude
24.72995° or 24° 43′ 48″ east
Population
6,310
Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)
Open location code
8GX64PFH+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312267035
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
709034
Wiki­data ID
Q146450
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Halych” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هاليتش
  • Armenian: Գալիչ
  • Armenian: Հալիչ
  • Azerbaijani: Qaliç (İvano-Frankovsk vilayəti)
  • Azerbaijani: Qaliç
  • Basque: Halytx
  • Belarusian: Галіч (Івана-Франкоўская вобласць)
  • Belarusian: Галіч, Івана-Франкоўская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Галіч, Украіна
  • Belarusian: Галіч
  • Bulgarian: Галич
  • Bulgarian: Халич
  • Catalan: Hàlitx
  • Chechen: Галич
  • Chinese: 加利奇
  • Chinese: 哈利奇
  • Crimean Tatar: Galıç
  • Croatian: Galič
  • Czech: Galič
  • Czech: Halič
  • Czech: Halicia
  • Czech: Halicz
  • Czech: Halitsch
  • Czech: Halyč
  • Czech: Halytsch
  • Danish: Halytj
  • Dutch: Halych
  • Dutch: Halytsj
  • Eastern Mari: Галич (ола, Украина)
  • Eastern Mari: Галич
  • Esperanto: Haliĉ
  • Estonian: Galõtš
  • Estonian: Halõtš
  • Finnish: Halytš
  • Finnish: Hаlytš
  • French: Halich
  • French: Halicz
  • French: Halitch
  • French: Halych
  • French: Halytch
  • Galician: Hálych
  • Georgian: გალიჩი
  • Georgian: ჰალიჩი
  • German: Halicz
  • German: Halitsch
  • German: Halytsch
  • Greek: Χάλιτς
  • Hebrew: האליץ‘
  • Hebrew: האליץ’
  • Hebrew: האליץ
  • Hungarian: Halics
  • Italian: Halicz
  • Italian: Halyč
  • Italian: Halych
  • Japanese: ハーリチ
  • Japanese: ハールィチ
  • Japanese: ハリチ
  • Japanese: ハルィチ
  • Korean: 할리치
  • Latin: Galicia
  • Latvian: Haliča
  • Lithuanian: Haličas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Halytsj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Halicz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Halytsch
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Halytsj
  • Norwegian: Halytsj
  • Ossetian: Галич (Украинæ)
  • Ossetian: Галич
  • Persian: هالیچ
  • Polish: Halicz
  • Portuguese: Aliche
  • Portuguese: Halicz
  • Portuguese: Halych
  • Romanian: Halîci, Halîci
  • Romanian: Halici
  • Romanian: Halîci
  • Romanian: Halych
  • Russian: Галич Русский
  • Russian: Галич Южный
  • Russian: Галич-Русский
  • Russian: Галич-Южный
  • Russian: Галич
  • Scots: Halych
  • Serbian: Galič
  • Serbian: Галич
  • Serbo-Croatian: Galič
  • Slovenian: Galič
  • Spanish: Halych
  • Spanish: Hálych
  • Swedish: Galitj
  • Swedish: Halytj
  • Tatar: Һалыч
  • Thai: ฮาลึช
  • Ukrainian: Halych
  • Ukrainian: Галич (давній)
  • Ukrainian: Галич
  • Upper Sorbian: Galič
  • Upper Sorbian: Halič
  • Upper Sorbian: Halicz
  • Upper Sorbian: Halyč
  • Vietnamese: Halych

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