Fortress of Tustan
Tustan was a Medieval cliff-side fortress-city and customs site of the 9th–16th centuries, a Kievan 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.- Type: Rock
- Description: old Rus castle near Urich, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Tustan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Nicholas church, Urych.
Saint Nicholas church, Urych
Church
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
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.
Yamelnytsia
Village
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: Skolivska Terytorialna Hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.1915° or 49° 11′ 29″ north
Longitude
23.40977° or 23° 24′ 35″ east
Open location code
8GX55CR5+JW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Assamese to Ukrainian—“Fortress of Tustan” goes by many names.
- Assamese: “তুস্তান দুৰ্গ”
- 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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