The palace
Three storeys.
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Pidhirtsi Castle is a fortified palace in the village of Pidhirtsi, east of Lviv, in western Ukraine. It is regarded as one of the most valuable palace-and-garden complexes in the eastern lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and today it belongs to the Lviv National Art Gallery. Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan built it between 1635 and 1640 on the orders of Hetman Stanislaw Koniecpolski, on the site of an older fortress. It follows the palace-in-a-fortress style: a grand palace ringed by fortifications and moats. In the 17th century vineyards and Italian gardens surrounded it, and poets praised its wine. You see a three-storey palace with pale walls, a grey roof and small towers with green domes, above sharp-cornered stone ramparts and grassy moats. The palace looks out from a hill over the Styr River valley, and its courtyard holds a wooden well and a large wheel. It is about 69 km from Lviv in a straight line, and about 7 km from Olesko Castle. The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Lviv region, and opening can change at short notice, so read the current advice before you plan.
Three storeys.
Sharp corners.
The Styr River.
Village of Pidhirtsi, Lviv region, Ukraine
Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan, for Stanislaw Koniecpolski.
Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Lviv region.