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Museums Attractions In Uzhhorod

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Uzhhorod , Rusyn: Уґоград, translit. Ugohrad, also Rusyn: Ужгород, translit. Užhorod previously and historically known as Ungvár is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorod Raion within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as city of oblast significance, a status equivalent to that of a raion, and does not belong to Uzhhorod Raion. Population: 115,163 .
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  • 2. Uzhhorod Castle. Transcarpathian Regional History Museum Uzhhorod
    Uzhhorod Castle is an extensive citadel on a hill in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. It was built in a mixture of architectural styles and materials between the 13th and 18th centuries and figured heavily in the history of Hungary. The very name of Uzhhorod/Ungvár refers to the castle, translating as the Uzh castle. The earliest stone buildings on the site of the castle may be dated to the 13th century. Charles I of Hungary gave the castle grounds to his Italian supporters from the Drugeth family. They erected a rectangular defensive structure with rhomboid bastions that recalled the castles of South Italy.The fortification, augmented in the 16th and 17th centuries, underwent numerous sieges but was never taken. In the 18th century, it was modernised under the supervision of Lemaire, a military engine...
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