Старостинський замок

Based on the analysis of historical primary sources and early plans, the article addresses the problem of identification and functional features of defensive structures, fortification works, as well as civil, sacral, and economic buildings within the territory of the Halych Castle during the period of its active use as a defensive citadel, an economic-administrative center, and a judicial hub. The results obtained from the analysis of 15 selected significant objects make it possible to fully identify seven of them and to refine the localization of the remaining eight.

The article examines the architectural features of the fortress city of Kalush, one of the oldest cities in Western Ukraine, located in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. With the granting of Magdeburg rights in the sixteenth century, Kalush became an important commercial and cultural center. It had a great defense potential - a fortified fortress city of the sixteenth century, laid out as an ideal city with a regular layout and a Starosta castle. However, the architectural and urban planning heritage of this period is hardly visible in modern buildings.

The article introduces the materials of the architectural and archaeological cross-section of the defensive ditch of the Starostyn castle of the 14th - 18th centuries in the town of Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The stratigraphy of the exploration trench is described in detail. Among the discovered immovable objects are a rampart embankment, a two-row palisade, the remains of an internal paving, the foundations of the defensive walls of a log-frame wooden and earthen structure, a stone wall with a drainage hole.

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.