Pidzamochok castle is a ruined castle, dating ca 1600, located in

Pidzamochok Pidzamochok ( uk, Підзамочок, pl, Podzameczek) is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Suburbs of Buchach. Strypa R ...

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Founder - Jan Zbożny (Tworowski-Buczacki). It was built by the Tworowski-Buchacki family. It was rebuilt by the Potocki-Movile family in 16-17th century in the

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style. It was a defensive structure, and saw combat several times. It fell in disrepair following its destruction by the

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

in the late 17th century. During the 19th century, while in the Austrian partition (following the

partitions of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...

) it was partially demolished to reclaim building material. Now it is a tourist attraction the castle ruins are open to visitors. File:Pidzamochok-zamok-08062705.jpg, File:Підзамочок, макет (Збараж).JPG, File:Охоронна табличка замку в Підзамочку.JPG, File:Підзамочківський замок при вечірньому сонці.JPG, File:Руїни замку в с. Підзамочок (ракурс 4).JPG,

References

* Stanisław Sławomir Nicieja, ''Twierdze kresowe Rzeczypospolitej'', Wydawnictwo Iskry, Warszawa 2006. *
Створено графічну реконструкцію зовнішнього вигляду зруйнованих замків Західної України
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