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ON THE QUESTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND EXISTENCE PERIOD OF ROHATYN DEFENSIVE CASTLES

The article presents the results of the study of literary sources and natural surveys of the territory of the castle in Rohatyn carried out by the authors. As is well known, the city of Rohatyn of the Ivano-Frankivsk region is one of the oldest cities in Western Ukraine. As early as 1415, the city received the Magdeburg right, which gave potential for more intensive development of the settlement.