It was the month of my birth - March ... And I made myself a gift - a visit to the favorite city of Ukraine Uzhhorod. Friends recommended visiting the famous historic castle.
In such places I become thoughtful and want to feel the spirit of the past. It is very interesting to see all these elements of antiquity: the castle walls made of bricks, the gates, the loopholes, the moat around ... I know - these were hard times when the enemies attacked. People suffered a lot then ... For us it is a history and I am so grateful to live in peace world.
The castle
stands on the edge of the steep northern slope of Castle Hill. This is a massive two-story building in the Renaissance style. Its forms repeat the outlines of the fortress. In the event of enemy capture of the fortress walls, the castle could defend itself further. It, like the outer fortifications, was also surrounded on three sides by ditches, through which a bridge was built from the east. At first it was suspended, nowadays an ordinary wooden bridge on supports has been built instead.
Inside Uzhhorod Castle there is a courtyard measuring 25 by 25 meters with a well that supplied the garrison with water. It is hollowed out in the rock more than 40 meters deep, of which 17 are water bodies. Under the ground are spacious basements, casemates, which served as storage facilities. In the right wing of the castle was a prison with a torture chamber.
The photos were taken with my Xiaomi MI A1 smartphone. June 2020.
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