Oles Castle

Olessky Castle is an outstanding architectural monument of the XIV-XVII centuries, which is located near the village of Olesko Bussky district of Lviv region in Ukraine. Together with Zolochevsky and Podgorets castles, it forms the Golden Horseshoe of Ukraine. The first reliable mention of the castle dates back to 1390, the exact date of its foundation is unknown. In terms of Olessky Castle has an oval shape, it is located on a natural hill, whose height reaches 50 meters. In 1893, the walls of the eastern side of the structure were reinforced with buttresses. In the 1930s, some restoration work was carried out, and in 1961 the Lviv restoration workshops took over the capital reconstruction of the castle. The building gradually returned to the appearance it had in the XVII century, and the early interiors of the lower floor were also recreated.

Since 1975, the Olessky Castle has a beautiful exposition of the Lviv Art Gallery. It presents works of art of the XIII-XIX centuries: sculpture, painting and icons. Now the museum-reserve "Olessky Castle" has an area of 13 hectares, on which there is a beautiful garden equipped with gazebos and ponds.