Radomysl Castle
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| Radomysl Castle | |
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Замок Радомисль | |
| Radomyshl in Ukraine | |
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  Radomysl Castle Location within Zhytomyr Oblast  Radomysl Castle Location within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates | 50°29′41″N 29°14′00″E / 50.49472°N 29.23333°E |
| Type | Castle |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Olha Bohomolets |
| Site history | |
| Built | 2007–2011 |
Radomysl Castle (
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Yelysei Pletenetskyi (1550–1624). During research conducted during the reconstruction of this building, it was discovered that it had been planned to be used as a fortress. Since 2011, Radomysl Castle has been part of the Council of Europe's cultural project, Via Regia. Its purpose is to promote cultural exchanges by means of tourism between European
countries.
Interior
The main attraction of Radomysl Castle is the Museum of Ukrainian home icons. The Museum's collection is based upon
St. Nicholas carved in stone. This is probably the oldest icon in the collection of Radomysl Castle, dated from the 12th century. Some icons retain traces of the Soviet aggressive atheism
. Among the exhibits is a box made of headless icons. Some of the icons were rescued from burning, but they are impossible to restore.
The Castle's interior combines the features of the
Nina Matviyenko
, a popular Ukrainian folk singer, performed there. The Castle Radomysl's concert hall has another unique feature, it is probably the only concert hall in Europe with its own natural water spring.
The Castle's refectory is also a small museum. On its walls hang fine copies of old maps from the 15th–19th centuries. Its big oven can be used both to cook food, and as a fireplace.
Landscape park
Radomysl Castle's
magnolias, and Trapa rossica, a water caltrop
, which is listed in Ukraine's Red Book of endangered species.
The park is inhabited by animals like
water voles
.
The Castle and its park are decorated with sculptures of
St. Michael
, dated to the 17th–19th centuries.
On 29 October 2009, near the place where the paper mill stood, a monument to Yelisey Pleteniecki was unveiled. This is perhaps the only monument in Ukraine on the surface of moving water.
External links
- http://www.radozamok.com.ua/en/ Official web page of Radomysl Castle
Sources
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- Гладиш Л.А. Радомишль: ключі від міста. Нариси про історію міста. – Житомир, «Полісся», 2007
- Запаско Я., Мацюк О. Стасенко В. Початки українського друкарства – Львів, 2000.
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- "Замок Радомисль" відзначає п'ятиріччя з дня початку реконструкції.
- Реконструйований "Замок Радомисль" на Житомирщині може стати візиткою регіону
