Kremenets Castle stands on a steep limestone hill about 1,300 feet (400 meters) high in Ukraine. The article says ground was broken in the eleventh or twelfth century as a Slavic enceinte, and the perimeter was enlarged about fourfold in the 1290s under Mstislav Danilovych. It describes early Gothic defense architecture with minimal decoration. The walls rose up to 26 feet (8 meters) and were 6.6 feet (2 meters) thick.
Vytautas took it in 1396 and repaired it. King Sigismund I's wife, Bona Sforza, received the castle and town in 1536 as a gift, and she added a bulwark, three towers, barracks and magazines.
In September 1648 it fell to Maksym Kryvonis after a six-week siege and was never rebuilt. It is now a ruin and tourist destination, listed as an Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine.
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