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Castle Manor, Bar

Castle Manor, Bar

The remains of defenses Bar castle can be found on the left bank of the moat, which now held the city park in the village bar. At one time it was one of the largest castles skirts, for a considerable time is called "the gate of the Polish Ukraine."

History Castle Bar

  • The wooden fortress erected in 1538 and named in honor of the hometown Bar Polish Queen Bona, who belonged to an Italian kind of Sforza. Old age fortress at different period were Pretvych B., C. and B. Zolkiewski Radziwill.
  • 1636 crowned hetman S. Konetspolsky Bar chose his residence and began the construction of the stone castle. The designer was a famous French engineer G. de Boplan. The fortress that was raised high dam was square in plan, had four bastions, which reached almost 6 meters. Bar lock at the time was considered second in power after Kamenets because it called "key on the Eastern skirts".
  • In 1648 the territory was fortress Cossack troops led by Colonel M. Kryvonos.
  • In 1672 he captured the Turkish army.
  • Finally ruined castle in Bari in 1768 by Russian troops. The Polish king in the fight against the Confederates, who then chose their outpost Bar, took the help of the Soviet army to reconquer the territory.
  • 2007 castle archaeologists interested and since there started research under the supervision of the Institute of Archaeology of NAS of Ukraine Leonid Vynohrodskoyi.

Until now only preserved fragments of the castle in Bari over the river. From the once impregnable castle remained part of the fortress wall, which can be found in the park, which is located in the castle. In the middle of the park a monument to soldiers-liberators.

Getting there

Barsky castle located in the town of Bar on the street Schwarz. Nearby is the route T0619. It should move on toward the river, turn not pay, and go straight. To the left is the ruins of the castle.

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