The Fortress of the Holy Trinity
Trenches, Ternopil region, Ukraine
Description:
The fortress of the Holy Trinity Trench is located in the village of Trenches of Ternopil region of Ukraine. It got its name due to the name of the church located on its territory. It is located on a narrow isthmus at the confluence of Zbruch and Dniester. The fortress was built in 1692 by the Polish hetman Stanislaw Jablonowski with the aim of blockade of Kamenets-Podilsky, occupied by the Turks. The fortress lost its strategic importance after the expulsion of Turkish troops from Podolia.
The fortress consisted of two rows of powerful earthen bastion fortifications with walls, towers and gates. To this day, fragments of the Lviv and Kamenetsky gates of the fortress, the remains of earthen ramparts, the ruins of the church and the watch tower over Zbruch have been preserved.