Kamianets-Podilskyi

The subject of the study is the preservation and use of defensive towers of the Old City of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Most of the defense towers are on the balance sheet of the National Historical and Architectural Preserve «Kamyanets» and are included in the tourist infrastructure of the city. The location of some of them in hard-to-reach places makes it difficult for tourists to see and visit, which requires finding new approaches to their revalorization.

The study reveals the historical and cultural significance, preservation and revaluation of the complex of fortifications of the Upper Polish Gate in Kamianets-Podilskyi. The history of the complex, which was formed during the XVI-XVII centuries and includes the Kushnir Tower, the Wind Gate, the Turkish Bastions, the city's defensive walls, the Lithuanian Tower. The scientific novelty is that for the first time an attempt was made to comprehensively outline the milestones in the history of the northern defensive hub of the Old Town of Kamianets-Podilskyi.