Stanislawow fortress

The article introduces three archival primary sources into scholarly circulation for the first time. These sources are preserved in the Military Archive of the Austrian State Archives in Vienna (Österreichische Staatsarchiv. Kriegsarchiv. Wien) and include: the map «Plan der demolirten Festung Stanislawow. Durchshnitle nach den Linien», 1812 (Plan of the Demolished Fortress of Stanislawow. Cross-sections along the Lines), and two text documents – «Demolirung der Befestigung Stanislawow. Mineurs Detachement.

The Potocki Palace complex has been an integral part of the Stanislawow city fortress since its reconstruction in the end of XVIth century. The functional and the spatial structure of the complex was formed over two sequential phases: the residence (1680s-1802) and the military hospital (1802-2004). The preserved buildings of the palace period have many layers of different historical development stages and require the application of the restoration methods for its identification.