Letychiv Fortress
The Letychiv Fortress is a complex of limestone walls built in 1598 by Jan Potocki to defend Podolia from the regular raids of the Crimean Tatars. The north-western tower, the eastern wall and parts of the southern wall still stand in the town of Letychiv, Ukraine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Napoleon Orda, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Water-power plant.
Water-power plant
Power station
Photo: Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Water-power plant is a power station, which is situated 3½ km north of Letychiv Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Letychiv and Varenka.
Letychiv
Town
Photo: Napoleon Orda, Public domain.
Letychiv is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located 51 kilometres from Khmelnytskyi and 33 kilometres from the railway station in Derazhnia.
Varenka
Village
Photo: Kobelskiy Dmytro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Varenka is a village, which is situated 9 km south of Letychiv Fortress.
Letychiv Fortress
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic site
- Categories: castle, tower, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.3815° or 49° 22′ 53″ northLongitude
27.61888° or 27° 37′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8GX99JJ9+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 6405254145OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6533891
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Letychiv Fortress” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “castell de Letítxiv”
- French: “château de Letytchiv”
- French: “Château de Letytchiv”
- Greek: “Οχυρό του Λετίτσιβ”
- Japanese: “レティチフ要塞”
- Polish: “Zamek w Latyczowie”
- Ukrainian: “Летичівський замок”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Department of Labour and Social Welfare and Магазин ‘Кнопка’.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Letychiv Fortress”. Photo: Napoleon Orda, Public domain.