Watchtower
Description:
Watchtower
Starokonstantinov
High five-tiered stone tower above the river, clearly visible from the highway, is considered a symbol of the city. Built in the XVI century. under Prince K. Ostrogsky, was part of the system of urban fortifications. Later, the Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross was attached to it, which I am. Ostrogsky in 1612 handed over to Catholics. The tower became the bell tower of the church of the Dominican monastery located here. In the XVIII century. reconstruction was carried out (Arch. E. Gibert), the tower received a Renaissance design. In Soviet times, the temple was closed and destroyed, the tower lost its ceiling. Until recently, the monastery premises occupied the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Now the ruins are inhabited by the Orthodox Holy Cross Monastery. On one of the walls of the temple, you can see the contours of St. Paul’s images manifested through the plaster. Trinity.