Terebovlya Castle
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N 49° 17.916 E 025° 41.048
35U E 404331 N 5461483
Terebovlya is one of the oldest towns in the Ternopil Region first being mentioned in 1079.
Waymark Code: WMDMHJ
Location: Ukraine
Date Posted: 01/31/2012
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Terebovlya is one of the oldest towns in the Ternopil Region first being mentioned in 1079. Rus Prince of Terebovlya, Vasylko Rostyslavovych, was gaining more and more power that he became a threat to the other Rus clans. Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich, Rus Prince of Kyiv, and his cousin David, Rus Prince of Volhynia, captured their relative Vasylko and blinded him thus neutralizing him.
Yuri Rostyslavovych, the son of Vasylko, would inherit the throne in 1124 but would die without an heir in 1141. At that time Terebovlya would lose its princely status. The Rus period of the history of Terebovlya came to an end when the Mongolian leader Batu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, burned down the wooden fortress in 1241.
Polish King Casimir III built the Great a new stone fortress in 1360 guarding the border of Poland. The castle thus suffered from constant attacks. The Cossack Hetman Severyn Nalyvaiko, leading a Ukrainian rebellion, captured the fortress in 1594 without a fight. Two years later Nalyvaiko was captured and quartered in Warsaw and the fortress returned to Polish control. The fortress was totally reconstructed in 1631 just in time to face a Turkish army of 30,000 soldiers that were defeated.
The Turks returned in 1675 with 20,000 troops and destroyed the town of Terebovlya. They then laid siege to the fortress that was defended by only 80 soldiers and 200 townspeople under the command of Jan Samuel Chrzanowski. Greatly outnumbered Chrzanowski decided to surrender. His wife, Anna Dorota Chrzanowski, picked up a knife and threatened to commit suicide if her husband went through with the surrender. This shamed the troops and they decided to stay and defend the fortress. They held out for two weeks until the Polish army led by Jan III Sobieski arrived to save them.
Only twelve years later (1687) the Tatars again burned down the town and this time destroyed the fortress that was never rebuilt. The ruins of its mighty walls remain standing today to amaze visitors.
Accessibility: Full access
Condition: Completely ruined
Admission Charge?: no
Website: Not listed
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