Uzhhorod Castle is centrally located on Castle Hill . It is a unique example of fortification bastion -type Carpathian lands masterpiece of Romanesque architecture. Facilities forts belong to XII - XIII century ...
 Uzhhorod castle is situated on a high hill of volcanic origin that hangs over the river Oh . Murovane fortification was built in the XIII century. on the site of ancient settlement IX-XIII centuries. For XIII - the first half of the XVI century . Castle repeatedly withstood the siege, destroyed and rebuilt . The most significant alteration was the castle at the end of the XVI century. Performed under the supervision of Italian masters based on the latest achievements of contemporary art of fortification . At that time formed the plan of castle fortifications that have survived . In 1728 and 1879 the castle was substantially damaged by fire.
The main building of the castle was the palace additionally protected from the south- eastern and north- eastern sides of a low wall of the bridge was thrown across the ditch and drove to the northern entrance of the palace . To the south- west of the palace stood the Castle Church. To this day Uzhgorod castle has retained its regular pentagonal configuration plan. It consists of five pointed bastions of defensive walls . The entrance is located on the bottom floor of the entrance tower, distorted by later alterations , portal framed with hewn white stone blocks and covered with cross vaults . The walls and bastions of the fortress composed of andesites . Primary drawbridge replaced embankment.
In 1968 he started the restoration of the castle. In 1979, on the north side restored bridge thrown across the ditch , partially preserved around the palace , part of defensive walls and bastions , roof and courtyard of the castle.
 
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Authentic architecture of the thirteenth century. does Nevytsky castle unique attraction in Europe ...
  The documents present the castle is mentioned in 1317 , although apparently there was before. Folk tales and legends attributed to the construction of the castle Slavic princess before the arrival of the Hungarian tribes Prydunays'ka lowlands . Castle, the legend had to defend above all brides , why, and gave its name to the castle. Bride of the local dialect - daughter . Then the word " nevistskyy " has become the word " Nevytsky ." Another legend attributes the building of the castle princess named Bad virgin .
 
Castle stubbornly defies the destructive forces of time. Its walls are preserved to a height of two or even three floors. Above them stately four- STREAM high stone tower . One of the legends says that the walls have the strength because of bad Virgo ordered admix in solution milk and eggs, which caused a great famine .
 
Reaching our times - the castle has changed beyond recognition . First it was restored, working hostel "Verchovyna" in the neighborhood were built bridges and paved path that leads almost to the very castle. Here the walls of the old castle , meets the distant past with the modern .
 
The ruins of the castle is situated on a picturesque hill above the river valley Oh . Stone castle on the site of a wooden fortification was built in the XIII century. Its configuration is determined by the planning outline the upper terrace of the mountain, close to the oval along the defensive wall located two-storey building , forming a narrow castle courtyard with galleries in the parameters close to 35 x 12 meters with the most fortified castle buildings were square in plan, four- tower - dungeon , located on the south- east side of building. Entrance Gate is obviously locked castle yard from the south. The castle was surrounded by an earthen rampart and a deep ditch.
 
At the end of XIV - XV century at the beginning . on the crest of the outer shaft is reduced defense wall with four towers, three of which were in terms of horseshoe-shaped , and the other - triangular . They were far beyond the line of defense walls . The towers were designed to flank firing with bows and light firearms , as evidenced by two types inthese - lilyhu walls and towers slit square battlements next stage of building fortifications at the turn of XV-XVI centuries associated with strengthen old kernel castle walls and superstructure construction new hexagonal tower entrance on the continuation of the ancient defensive walls of the castle and the walls of the nucleus of the second zone defense. Thus was formed a narrow passage to the fortified castle of Nevitskij composite bridge across the moat. Within the walls of the turret and passage preserved klyuchopodibni loopholes to conduct firing a firearm .

Despite the inaccessibility building, through strife mizhrodynni Drugets owners of the castle in 1644 Transylvanian governor George Rakoczy captured the castle , turning it into ruins. Since then, not to restore fortifications . To have survived fragments muruvan ancient nucleus of the castle and the remains of defensive walls and towers of the following periods of building fortifications. During the restoration work in the 70's of the last century over the ruins of the tower , donjon was built of square tent roof viewing platform.

Nevytskyi Castle is an outstanding monument of defensive architecture in Carpathian lands , which traced the development of fortification construction and military equipment XIII-XVI centuries.

Nevytskyi Castle

The ruins of the castle is located on the flat edge of the village . Murovane fortification was established religious order of the Knights Templar in the XII century ...
After 1312 the castle owned by the monks of Saint Paul, and later - Drugets feudal family , owners of Uzhgorod castle. In the XVIII century. Castle lost its strategic importance and gradually decayed . A specific feature of the castle is that it strengthened the foundation was only one square in plan (19 x 19 m) ​​three-storey tower - dungeon . it built of stone walls at the corners lined with white stone hewn blocks, reaching a thickness of 2.5-3 Login tower was carried out with the second level through the wooden ladders that are removed in case of siege fortifications. The first tier tower with vaulted ceilings used as a utility room ; two higher levels intended to house. For communication between the rooms used vertically internal staircase.
 
Outside the dungeon surrounded by walls of thickness 1 m , forming in terms of square fortification with four corner tower and entrance gate . Next line of defense consists of inner and outer earthen ramparts and moat between them. General parameters of the fortifications were 240 x 210m .
 
From the ancient remains of the castle are preserved only muruvan donjon towers .
The ruins of the castle is a unique monument of defensive architecture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , which represents the earliest type of fortifications on the Ukrainian territory.
 
 
Information and photos from the book " Castles and Fortresses" ( 2007r.m.Kyyiv , "Art ")