Lubarts Castle

Lutsk Castle or Upper Castle commenced its existence in the mid 14th century because the fortified seat of Gediminas son Liubartas the closing ruler of united Galicia Volhynia. It is the most prominent landmark of Lutsk, Ukraine and as such seems on the 200 hryvnia bill. Another town citadel called Lower Castle, constructed through the Czartoryski own family since the 14th century, is now a damage. The Kievan city of Luchesk had a wooden wall as early as 1075, when Boleslaus the Bold laid siege to it for 6 months. Yury Dolgoruky did not take Lutsk after a 6 weeks siege in 1149. In 1255, the walls of Lutsk have been stormed by way of Khan Jochis grandson Kuremsa.

The current castle, towering over the Styr River, turned into constructed normally inside the 1340s, despite the fact that some parts of the earlier walls have been used. It repelled sieges with the aid of severa potentates, which includes Casmir the Great 1349 Jogaila 1431, and Sigismund Kestutaitis 1436. It was there that the Lutsk Conference of 1429 came about, attended by means of Emperor Sigismund, Vasily II of Moscow, Jogaila, Vytautas the Great and the voivode of Wallachia.