Khust is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine, my Homeland. This city has very rich history, it even was the capital of the short-lived republic of Carpatho-Ukraine.
Right in the center of the city there are ruins of an ancient castle that was built in 1090 by king St. Ladislaus of Hungary as a defence against the Cumans.
This castle was destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Hungary and was rebuilt around 1318.
The army of Ferdinand I captured the town in 1546. In 1594 the Tartars destroyed the town, but could not take the castle.
The castle was besieged in 1644 by the army of George I Rákóczi, in 1657 by the Polish, in 1661-62 by the Ottoman and Tartar hordes. Count Ferenc Rhédey, the ruling prince of Transylvania and high steward of Máramaros county died in the castle on May 13, 1667.
The castle surrendered to the Kurucs on August 17, 1703, and the independence of Transylvania was proclaimed here. It was the last castle the Habsburgs occupied when suppressing the freedom fight of the Kurucs, in 1711.
The seriously damaged castle was struck by lightning and burnt down on July 3, 1766. A storm brought down its tower in 1798, it has been in ruins ever since then.
To understand how the castle looked before, you can see this 3D reconstruction
To see a panorama of the city visit this link on Kuula.co (Unfortunately, Steemit doesn't support the preview).
P.S. Maybe you will be interested to read my previous posts:
- The Chronicles of 360discoVR in photos [2015]
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- 10 examples of using Apple's augmented reality technology ARKit + bonus in the end ;-)
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