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The article explores the evolution of defensive fortifications in small towns of Volyn, using the examples of Dubno and Kremenets. It analyzes the transition from wooden fortifications to masonry bastion systems, influenced by changes in military strategy, construction technologies, and the political situation in the region. Significant attention is given to urban planning features, the role of fortifications in shaping city structures, and their adaptation to the natural landscape.

Ancient maps remain understudied documents that contain specific spatial information about the state of the mapped territory. One such document is Rudolf Ritter von Otto's 1772 map, specifically its sheet (Litt: I. No: 9), which depicts the city of Lviv and its surroundings. This map has served and will continue to serve as an object of interdisciplinary research by historians, geographers, architects, and urban planners.

The article reveals the main approaches to the solution of pre-gate drawbridges of defensive structures of the period of the 16th - 19th centuries; explains the mechanisms of their functioning; demonstrates examples of their implementation, which are recorded in historical sources and preserved monuments; analyzes the state of preservation and the possibilities of obtaining information about the existence of drawbridges at the entrance junctions of defensive structures in the western regions of Ukraine.