Lubart's Castle
A brick castle of the fourteenth century at the heart of old Lutsk, its three towers and curtain walls largely intact.
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Lubart's Castle was begun in the fourteenth century by the Lithuanian prince Lubart on the site of an earlier wooden fort, and it is one of the best surviving brick castles of its period in Ukraine: a triangle of curtain wall with three towers, standing on a rise between arms of the Styr. In 1429 it hosted a congress of European rulers. The walls can be walked, the towers climbed, and museums of bells and of books fill some of the interiors.
What you actually see
- The three towers - the entrance, Styr and Vladycha towers on the triangle's corners.
- The wall walk - the parapet running between the towers.
- The bell museum - a collection of bells in one of the towers.
- The old town - the surrounding quarter of churches and eighteenth-century houses.
When to go
April to October is the comfortable season. The castle is open year round with shorter winter hours. Summer weekends bring events in the courtyard.
Honest expectations
The interiors are museum spaces rather than historic rooms. The tower stairs are steep and narrow. Labelling is in Ukrainian.
Nearby
Lake Svitiaz is northwest, and Ostroh is southeast.
What to pack for Lubart's Castle
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
