Halych Castle
Halych Castle, is a castle in Halych, Ukraine. The 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.Photo: Roman Zacharij, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Halych National Nature Park.
Halych National Nature Park
Museum
Photo: Олександр Кон, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Halych National Nature Park highlights forest, steppe, meadow and wetlands of the borderlands between the Ukrainian Carpathians and the southwestern part of the East European Plain. Halych National Nature Park is situated 3 km south of Halych Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halych and Tustan.
Halych
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. 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 Lviv.
Tustan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tustan is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Halych Castle.
Shevchenkove
Village
Photo: Klymenkoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shevchenkove is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Halych Castle.
Halych Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: defensive structure in Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.12184° or 49° 7′ 19″ northLongitude
24.73048° or 24° 43′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8GX64PCJ+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 234921863OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1571231
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Halych Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Галіцкі замак”
- Finnish: “Halytšin linna”
- German: “Burg Halitsch”
- German: “Halitsch (Burg)”
- German: “Halitsch”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Halych”
- Polish: “Zamek Halicki”
- Polish: “Zamek w Haliczu”
- Russian: “Галицкий замок”
- Russian: “Галичский замок”
- Russian: “Старостинский замок”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Hálych”
- Turkish: “Haliç Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Галицький замок”
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