{{short description|Ruined castle in Ukraine}} {{coord|48|40|51|N|22|24|33|E|type:landmark_region:UA|display=title}} thumb|Nevytske Castle The '''Nevytske Castle''' ({{langx|uk|Невицький замок|Nevyts'kyi zamok}}; {{langx|hu|Nevickei vár}}) is a semi-ruined castle in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
It is located {{convert|12|km|mi}} north of Uzhhorod near the villages Nevytske and Kamianytsia, Uzhhorod Raion along the {{Jct|country=UKR|H|13}}.<ref name="travel.rbc.ua.Nevytske Castle"/> The castle is located in the woods on a hill of volcanic origin with a relative elevation of {{convert|122|m|ft}} and a few hundred meters to the east of a road and river that flows along. This location of the castle gave it a good opportunity to control the Transcarpathian route over the Uzhok pass (Bieszczady Mountains).
The castle was first mentioned in 1274 belonging to the King of Hungary Laszlo IV as a donjon (keep). Completely rebuilt in the early 15th century, the castle, towering over the Uzh River, was the mighty citadel of the Drugeth family which supervised its continuous modernisation over the centuries. The keep, rebuilt in its present form in the early 16th century, passed from hand to hand during the internecine strife that convulsed Hungary in the early 17th century.
In 1644,<ref name="travel.rbc.ua.Nevytske Castle"/> Prince of Transylvania George II Rákóczi ruined the castle, leaving it much as it stands today.<ref name="travel.rbc.ua.Nevytske Castle"/> A decline in defensive importance of the site as well as the remote and inaccessible situation of the castle have preserved it from complete demolition.
Near the site is located an Uzhhorod Military Training Center.
Parts of the castle (the roof of the donjon, the keep) collapsed in March 2019.<ref name="karpatnews20220121195203"/> Early 2021 Nevytske Castle was partly reconstructed.<ref name="travel.rbc.ua.Nevytske Castle">{{in lang|uk}} [https://travel.rbc.ua/ukr/show/nasladitsya-duhom-zamka-maloizvestnye-kreposti-1621454173.html "Enjoy the spirit of history": little-known fortresses of Ukraine for a weekend trip], RBK Ukraine (20 May 2021)</ref>
<gallery class="center"> File:Nevytsky zamok 10012021.jpg|A recently reconstructed tower. The roof of this donjon (keep) collapsed in March 2019<ref name="karpatnews20220121195203">{{in lang|uk}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20220121195203/https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/158922-istorychna-pamiatka-ne-vstoiala-video.htm Historical monument did not stand (VIDEO)], Karpatnews (11 March 2019)</ref> File:Невицький замок (10).jpg File:Panorama of Nevytsky Castle.jpg|Panorama of Castle File:Невицький замок 2.jpg File:Uzh river small-hydro.jpg|Small dam as seen from the castle </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
== Sources == * Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР. Киев: Будивельник, 1983–1986. Том 2, с. 200.
==External links== {{commons category|Nevitsky Castle}} * [http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Nevytskyj_zamok Nevytsky Castle] at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMO-8Ug_tNA Річка Уж та привиди Невицького замку (''Uzh River, ghosts and Nevytsky Castle'' [ VIRTUAL GUID]]) (video) on YouTube (2013)
{{Castles in Ukraine}} Category:Castles in Ukraine Category:Buildings and structures in Zakarpattia Oblast Category:Ruined castles in Ukraine
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