Brody Castle

Local nameФортеця (Бродівський замок)
LocationBrody, Ukraine

Brody Castle is a former fortress in the city of Brody, part of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

The earliest information about the construction of the castle in Brody town refers to the 1580s. Crown Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski acquired Brody town in 1629 and built the castle bastion of a new type between 1630 and 1635 under the supervision of Italian architect Andrea del Aqua, based on a design by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan.The castle was pentagonal in plan and included five bastions and curtain walls, with octagonal dungeons in the middle. It was surrounded by the deep moat. The total number of casemates in the castle was 75; they were used as barracks and warehouses. The governor lived in a wooden house in the castle grounds. This house, as well as a wooden chapel, remained until the middle of the 18th century.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Castle

Address (Unnamed Road), Броди, Ukraine

Coordinates 50°5'9.281" N 25°8'14.8" E

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