Kamyanets-Podolsky fortress is an ancient monument of Ukraine

There are several versions about when they actually began to found Kamenets-Podolsky fortress. And they are inextricably linked with the history of foundation of the city.

Today, the castle still amazes with its impregnable beauty. Time seems to stand still here. And to visit the past, you only need to come to Kamyanets-Podilsky. Here everything is just like in the old heroic times. The ones that people make films about. It is not for nothing that Kamianets-Podilsky castle was chosen by famous directors of such films as "The Man Who Walked Through Fire", "Ustim Karmelyuk", "Taras Bulba", and quite a few others, known to the general public. Kamenets-Podolsky fortress is a fortification that originated in the era of feudalism and is still a monument of military architecture of the time. The first part is the Old Fortress (Old Castle), which defended the approach to the isthmus between the peninsula. Old Castle is the central part of the fortress, which is an irregular quadrangle of castle walls, with eleven towers on the perimeter, and an area of more than five hectares. Also on the west side is the New Tower (Great Tower), which is in the form of a pentagon and which once protected the Day Tower from the southwest. To the right of the entrance to the castle grounds rises the Black Tower (New East Tower), which protected the approaches to the castle from the north. This tower was repeatedly distinguished during the battles, it was severely damaged, however, later the tower was restored. The architectural feature of the tower is a well with wooden wheels for lifting water, which is 4.5 m in diameter. The well is 40 meters deep.