The Sydoriv Castle is an imposing ruin of a stronghold built by Marcin Kalinowski

Marcin Kalinowski

Marcin Kalinowski Field Crown Hetman, was a Polish magnate and nobleman , Kalinowa coat of arms. Son of fallen at the battle of Cecora Walenty Aleksander Kalinowski. He began his studies in Poland and continued his education at the University of Leuven...

 in Sydoriv, a village located 7 km south of Husiatyn

Husiatyn

Husiatyn is a town in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. Alternate spellings include Gusyatin, Husyatin, and Hsiatyn. Husiatyn is the administrative center of the Husiatyn Raion , and is located on the west bank of the Zbruch River...

. The castle is perched on a hilltop enclosed on three parts by a river. When built in the 1640s, the structure had 7 tower

Tower

A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....

s that extended for 178 meters from north to south. It was heavily damaged by the invading Turks

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

in 1672 and was abandoned by its owners in the 18th century.