Ternopil Castle

Ternopil Castle
Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
Landmark of Ukrainian National Historical Heritage
Coordinates	49°33′11″N 25°35′17″E / 49.553°N 25.588°E / 49.553; 25.588
Site information
Owner	Ukrainian State
Condition	continuous renovations
Site history
Built	1548
Demolished	1575, 1589, 1672, 1917, 1944
Events	Tatar invasions, Russian Revolution, World War II

The Ternopil Castle (Ukrainian: Тернопільський замок, Polish: Zamek w Tarnopolu) is a stronghold which gave birth to the city of Ternopil. It was built in the 16th century to protect the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The castle originated as the residence of a Polish nobleman, Jan Amor Tarnowski, in 1540. Construction works (1540–1548) on the marshy bank of the Seret River were authorized by King Sigismund the Old. The castle, around which the modern town has developed, was encircled by a wooden fence and a deep moat. The latter was connected in 1548 to the castle pond (see Ternopil Pond).