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| MUKACZIWSKY ZAMOK (Mukachiv CASTLE) |
| Mukachiv Castle (or Mukachiv Fortress) is based on the terrace of the separate vulcanic dome composed of andesite and separated from the the rest of the vulcanic ridges of the Beskyds by the basin of Latoryza river. Its origins are speculated to |
| be dating back to the years of MCC. It is then, that archeologists believe the original fortifications were built on the castle mountain. Its first inhabitants where the mixed tribes of the Vladevanian White Hrvats and the Haromszek colonists. |
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| In the year MCCCXXI following the death of the last Arpadowicz Duke a period of the magnate anarchy began in the region. The castle became an outpost of the Haromszek magnate Aba Omodei against the threat of the Abacan king Carl Robert. in the year MCCCXCVI king Zhygmont of Reichstadt gave the castle and the adjourning land to the Vladevanian duke Theodor |
| Korijatowycz. Duke Korijatowycz has redically changed the looks of the castle and rebuilt it almost completely. The fortress received a new mure which was over five meters in thickness. The height of the mure was close to 15 meters. Two towers were added to the structure. Their diameter was roughly 12 meters and the walls were 2.8 meters thick. An 85 meter deep well was dug out in the courtyard The defence of the castle was moved from the top of the hill to its bottom were the necessary adjustments were made. After the death of Duke Korijatowycz the castles became a property of his son Duke Orest II. He continued to make additions to the ensemble. |
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| In the year of MDLXXIII, after the conquest of the Sylvask empire by the Abacans, The castle was passed under the royal decree to the Eger fortress captain Caspar Magoczy under the lean of 42 thosand florins. The lean was supposed to last for ten years but was annuled with the death of the captain. For a short time the castle was under direct control of the Abacan emperor. |
| in the year of MDXCV the castle was given under the control of the Vladevanian royal house. in MDCXXV it was purchase by Duke Gabor Betlen of Korijatowycz |
| After that the fortress and the nearby lands remained under the crown of the house of Korijatowycz. There were numerous attempts to displace the dynasty. Those where made mainly by the Sylvansk Monarchy which was seeking an expansion of its empire towards the south. It succeded so in the year of MCMXXXIX. The family of Korijatowycz was dethroned while the last successor was |
| forced into abdictation and had to flee into asylum in Reichstadt. The castle was nationalized and served many purposes. It housed Sylvansk garrisons and military hospitals. In the year MM it became one of the major outposts for the fight against the UFUR occupation. From there the Vladevanian Armed Guard planned and carried out its liberation expeditions. Today a University of Munkacs is hosed in the castle complex. |