Attractions of Kamyanytsia

The Romanesque-Gothic Nevytsky Castle on the top of a hill above the Uzh River valley was built in the 13th century, probably on the site of an earlier wooden fortification.

For the first time Nevytsky Castle is mentioned in 1274 as the royal castle of Unh County. He controlled the trade route to the Uzhotsky Pass. Until 1321, it was a stronghold of Transcarpathian feudal lords who rebelled against the new king Karl I Robert. Later, for three centuries, the Nevytsky Castle was owned by the Drugets Counts, who rebuilt the castle on the Italian model.

The legend tells about one of the mistresses from the Druget family, nicknamed the "Pagan girl" (evil maiden) for her extreme cruelty, who had to be personally punished by the Hungarian king Matthias for her atrocities.

The castle was destroyed by the Transylvanian prince Dyerde (Yuriy) I Rakotsi in 1644 during the religious wars with Austria (Drugets were Catholics, and Rakotsi were Protestant-Calvinists). A square tower-donjon, four corner towers and an overgate tower, fragments of defensive walls, ramparts and a moat have been preserved. There is a siege well with a diameter of 3.5 meters in the castle yard.

Currently, the ruins of Nevytsky Castle are located on the territory of the "Verkhovyna" camp. The castle has been partially restored and conserved, access is free.