Fortress of Tustan
Tustan was a Medieval cliff-side fortress-city and customs site of the 9th–16th centuries, an Old Rus' cliff-side defensive complex. Its remains are located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, in the Skole district of the Lviv Oblast, near the village of Urych, southwards from the town of Boryslav and to the southern-east from the village of Skhidnytsia.Photo: ЯдвигаВереск, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: old Rus castle near Urich, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Tustan”
Photo: Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Adzhygyr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Nicholas church, Urych.
Saint Nicholas church, Urych
Church
Photo: Віктор Полянко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Nicholas church, Urych is situated 1 km southwest of Fortress of Tustan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urych and Pidhorodtsi.
Urych
Village
Photo: Отрадина Анастасия, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urych is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Local government is administered by the Pidhorodetska village council.
Pidhorodtsi
Village
Photo: Водник, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pidhorodtsi is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Fortress of Tustan.
Yamelnytsia
Village
Photo: Nazarii2597, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yamelnytsia is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Fortress of Tustan.
Fortress of Tustan
- Categories: hillfort, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.1915° or 49° 11′ 29″ northLongitude
23.40977° or 23° 24′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8GX55CR5+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 177657517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q592033
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Fortress of Tustan” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Тустань”
- Czech: “Tustaň”
- German: “Tustan”
- Japanese: “トスタン要塞”
- Polish: “Tustań”
- Polish: “Zamek w Tustaniu”
- Russian: “Тустань”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Тустањ”
- Ukrainian: “Руїни фортеці Тустань”
- Ukrainian: “Тустань”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Фортеця Тустань and Цiлюща криниця Оберiг.
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