The city is situated between the picturesque Kremenets Kremenets Mountains. It Kremenets - first among n cities - stood before the Mongol-Tatar invasion in 1241r. The constant threat of attacks of Crimean Tatars led to the building of fortifications ... 
 Kremenetskiy Castle is located on Castle Hill (397 m above sea level). Primary fortress built in the twelfth century. In 1241 has withstood the siege Mongols, but in 1259 their requirement was removed. The new stone castle began to build in the 60 years of the fourteenth century., The final form of lock acquired in XVI century., When he was owned by Polish Queen Bona (the locals called Castle Hill Bona). The castle stood until autumn 1648, when the army of many thousands Khmelnytskoho after a long siege, took and destroyed before the impregnable stronghold. 
  
Up to now partially preserved Gate tower and tower over the city, traces the well, much of the defensive wall height 8.12 meters

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he palace was famous for its great art collection, which later, in the late nineteenth century., With sales Vishnevetskogo estate enriched collections of many museums in Europe ... 
Vyshnevetsky palace complex Vyshnevetsky palace complex - an architectural monument of XVI-XVIII centuries. Located on a steep bank of the river Gorin. Area of ​​residence is eleven and a half acres. It consists of Vishnevetskih Palace, Ascension church and palace park. This is one of the finest palaces in Ukraine. This is perhaps the only palace built in the French Renaissance style, which has retained its architectural integrity and compositional perfection. He is often referred to as the Volyn Versailles. 
The complex is located on the site of an ancient castle, which was built in 1395 the place was well chosen - a castle located on a steep hill, where the south and west it is detected inaccessible. The stone castle was reconstructed several times, and the final plan and its defense system developed in 1640, the castle served as a valuable protection nest Vishnevetskih from Tatar raids. In April 1542 the Tatar raid 25000th hordes led by Khan-Giray Meglena ended in failure - the Tatars were defeated at the village near the Lopushnya Vyshnivets. It is known that in the defeat of the Tatars participated and Prince Dmitry Vishnevetsky, celebrated in songs like Biden. 
In 1640 the old castle fortifications did not meet the time requirements and Prince Vishnevetsky Jeremiah began construction of a large, well-fortified castle. Vyshnevetsky castle was enlarged and rebuilt by the new rules fortification. Now it was square in plan earthen castle with four bastions at the corners, protected on three sides by ditches. From the middle of XVII century to the beginning of XVIII century the castle was repeatedly passed into the hands of the Cossacks, Tartars, Turks and Swedes. In 1705 after the great destruction process of fortification was rebuilt. The last of the kind Vyshnevetskys first tycoon of the Commonwealth - Michael Servats - rebuilt the ruined ancestral castle into a palace. 
In 2005, the complex has received the status of a monument of national importance.