Park Vysokyi Zamok – Ruins of Vysokyi Zamok (The High Castle) ID: 378

A medieval fortification architecture landmark in Lviv.An earlier wooden castle was replaced in 1362 by a stone one, of which a fragment of its southern wall has been preserved till today. In 1869 stones from the castle were used for the construction of Kopiec Unii Lubelskiej (Mound of the Union of Lublin) on top of the Lviv Castle Hill.

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Vysoky Zamok Park (Lviv Castle Hill Park)

Vysoky Zamok municipal park sits north of the city center, astride Lviv Castle Hill. Both park and hill take their name from the ruined fortress on the territory. Opened in 1835, the park’s landscaped hillsides are crisscrossed by a network of trails through lower and upper terraces. In the second half of the 19th century, an artificial mound was erected on the upper terrace as a marker of the Union of Lublin, and topped by a scenic viewpoint. A walkway beneath stands of ash and chestnut trees beautify the lower terrace.

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"Vysokyi Zamok" Park territory – the Mound of the Union of Lublin
The construction of the Lublin Union Mound (pol. Kopiec Unii Lubelskiej) began in 1869 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the union between Poland, Lithuania, and Ruthenia on the initiative of Franciszek Smolka, a Polish politician and Lviv citizen. Today there is an observation area there, one of the most popular tourist destinations of the city.
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Vul. Brativ Rohatyntsiv, 32 – remains of the bastion
In the basement of the building at 32 Brativ Rohatyntsiv Street, there are remains of walls and bastions of the city fortifications of the 14th-15th centuries. The Gothic fortification structure is one of 16 bastions of the outer ring of the defensive wall of medieval Lviv (demolished at the end of the 18th century). It was located in the southern part of the eastern section of the wall. Discovered in 1906, it is a semicircular structure built of stone.
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