Pomoriany Castle ( uk, Поморянський замок, Pomorians'kyi zamok, pl, Zamek w Pomorzanach) is a ruined

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in the urban-type settlement of

Pomoriany Pomoriany (Ukrainian: Поморяни) is an urban-type settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pomoriany settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is estimated as The first ment ...

, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It originated in the 16th century as a well-fortified noble residence on the bank of the Zolota Lypa River. The castle's early owners included Mikolaj Świnka and

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. The estate suffered badly at the hands of the

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and Turks (1675, 1684) but Jan III Sobieski invested in the restoration in order to make Pomorzany one of his country residences. Sobieski's death in 1696 was followed by another long period of decline. A real change came about in the castle's fortunes when, in 1789, Erasm Pruszyński started transforming the dilapidated building into a modern residence. He had the

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gate, three towers and several wings of the old structure torn down, however. As recently as 1939, Pomorzany was owned by the famous

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family. Following the September Campaign, the building was adapted for use as a school, but it was finally abandoned to rot in the late 1970s.

References

* Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР. Киев: Будивельник, 1983–1986. Том 3, с. 139. {{Castles in Ukraine Castles in Ukraine Ruined castles in Ukraine Buildings and structures in Lviv Oblast pl:Pomorzany (Ukraina)