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Castle of Bar dans le Lot

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Castle of Bar

    16 Bard
    46700 Puy-l'Évêque
Photo de Castle of Bar
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Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1380
Initial construction
1452
Taken by the Golden Horde
1533
Foundation of the Stone Castle
1648
Taken by Cossacks
XVIIe siècle
Quadrangular Fortress
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Olgierd de Lituanie - Grand Duke of Lithuania Give the Podolia to his nephews (founders).
Bona Sforza - Queen of Poland Founded the stone castle in 1533.
Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan - Military engineer Designed the fortress in the seventeenth century.
Stanisław Koniecpolski - Grand Hetman of the Crown Sponsor of the work of the seventeenth.
Bogdan Khmelnitski - Cossack chef Preacher of the castle in 1648.

Origin and history

The source text reveals a geographical confusion: the castle of Bar is not located in Puy-l'Évêque (Occitanie, France), but in Ukraine, near the river Rov. Originally built in wood around 1380 by the nephews of Olgierd of Lithuania, it passed under Polish control in 1430. The fortress, often besieged by the Tatars, was rebuilt after each destruction, especially in 1456 under Casimir IV Jagellon.

In 1533, Queen Bona Sforza founded a new stone castle on a rock, naming it Bar in reference to her Italian hometown of Bari. The site became an official city in 1540. Despite his reputation for being stunning, he was taken and damaged in 1648 by the Cossacks of Bogdan Khmelnitski. In the 17th century, the great hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski made it a quadrangular fortress with bastions, designed by the engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan.

This Ukrainian castle, often confused with European homonyms, illustrates the border conflicts of the Republic of the Two Nations (Poland-Lithuania). It is one of the largest fortresses in the region, alongside Medjybij and Kamianets. No source links it to France or Occitanie.

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