Kamenetz-Podolsky fortress. Secrets of the Castles of the 15th-16th centuries
1. What is the strongest fortress in Ukraine?
An outstanding monument of the defensive architecture of Ukraine is the Kamenetz-Podolsk fortress. The complex of its structures on the high rocky bank of the Smotrych River was formed over the centuries. The fortress was one of the most impregnable defensive structures of Podillia. The Turkish traveler Evlya Chelebi, who traveled to Ukraine in 1656, wrote: “Equally it is not only in Polish possessions, but apparently in Czech, and in Swedish country, in the Dutch state, and in the mountains of the German “. Since the end of the 15th century. until the middle of the 16th century. wooden fortifications were replaced by stone, thickened and raised the walls, built new towers, etc. In the middle of the 16th century, The fortress acquired a form close to today’s. In form, it became a rectangle stretched from east to west, surrounded by high walls and towers,
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