The clock tower
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Palanok Castle, also called Mukachevo Castle, is a historic castle in the city of Mukachevo, in far western Ukraine, in the Zakarpattia region. It is well preserved on a former volcanic hill about 68 metres high, and it has three parts: the upper, middle and lower castle. There is no exact record of when it was first built, but digs show the site was lived on in the Neolithic and that a fort stood here in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Hungarian kings strengthened its walls in the Middle Ages, and it was long tied to the history of Hungary. Today it is a museum. You see dark stone walls on a steep slope, topped with yellow and white buildings under red roofs and a white clock tower with a pointed roof. Inside are courtyards with two storeys of arched galleries, arched gateways and stone bridges, and from the walls you see the plain around the city. It is about 2.5 km from central Mukachevo and about 35 km from Uzhhorod in a straight line. The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Zakarpattia region, and opening can change at short notice, so read the current advice before you plan.
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Arched.
On a slope.
Castle hill, Mukachevo, Ukraine
Three: the upper, middle and lower castle.
Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Zakarpattia region.