Nevytske Castle
Ruins of the Drugeth castle above the Uzh, destroyed in 1644.
The castle arose at the turn of the 12th–13th centuries on a hill of volcanic origin rising 122 m above the Uzh valley, when the routes across the Carpathians to Halych and Kyiv gained importance. At first it was a round masonry donjon tower with wooden fortifications; in 1274 the castle is mentioned as the property of the Hungarian King Ladislaus IV. From 1328 until the mid-17th century it was held by the Drugeth princes, under whom the fortress became entirely stone. In 1644 the castle was captured and destroyed: according to the ESU and “Espreso.Zakhid”, during the campaign of George I Rakoczi; according to “Holos Karpat”, of George II Rakoczi. The ruins stood neglected until the end of the 19th century; in 1879 a park was laid out beside them, and in the 1960s–70s the monument was conserved. Today one can see two-storey masonry buildings around an oval courtyard and a 4-tier tower. On the night of 11 March 2019 a storm brought down the roof of the donjon tower (Ukrinform dates the collapse to 2018); in 2020 restoration began with EU funding.
A path leads up from the road; take care on the walls — there are no railings.