In this article we find out the historical value of town-building heritage on the territory of historic core of town Kalush, we also proved the hypothesis concerning the location of lost objects situated in the historic downtown, in this research we identify fragments of preserved elements of shape and planning city structure dated XV-XVIII century. While research process it was made the scheme including theoretical planning of the historic fortress of town Kalush for the period of XVII-XVIII century, this work was based on field surveys and collected source base.
At the mentioned period, the city had the appearance of a regular city center with a Market Square with market quarters with straight streets, which were bounded by a regular quadrangular close to square fortification system with corner bastions. The planning structure of the center of historical Kalush fit into a regular rectangle. The center of the city included the Starostyn castle described in several historical sources, the territory of which adjoined the market square on the long side, and on the two short sides it bordered the territory of the church of St. Valentine and the territory of the church of St. Michael.
Also we analyzed the existing components (dated XV century) of the historic city environment, and made the identification of such objects on the modern planning structure of the city. In this research work we described the main features of unique historical environment of the city, which is threatened nowadays, also we outline the ways of solving the problem concerning preservation and protection of the historic core of town Kalush. In order to preserve and present the unknown architectural and urban planning heritage of the city, its residents and guests are invited to use the method of Symbolic identification of the historical center of Kalush.
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