Krylos is a small village of

Ivano-Frankivsk Raion Ivano-Frankivsk Raion () is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Five abolished ra ...

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna () or simply Frankivshchyna, is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. It has a pop ...

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. It is located south of modern

Halych Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Eastern Europe), ...

and is part of the Ancient Halych National Reserve. The village covers an area of . The village council consists of 16 people. Krylos belongs to Halych urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

History

Krylos is located on the site of the Princely city center of

; according to th
website
of

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the settlement was founded in 898 AD. The territory of Krylos extended as far as the Limnytsia River to the west and

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River to the north. Immediately to the west of the Krylos settlement flows the Lukva River, which in ancient times was wider and deeper than it is today. The Lukva River served as a natural obstruction to invaders. On the east side of the Halych

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flowed a small creek that with its valley provided an additional defensive barrier. On top of the hill where the local Assumption Cathedral () displayed its stature to the surrounding landscapes, a series of tall defensive earth ramparts were built that served as the defense barriers in the past. It was a politically administrative and large religious center of

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. Until 18 July 2020, Krylos belonged to

Halych Raion Halych Raion () was a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in Ukraine. The town of Halych served as the administrative center of the district. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Halych Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.

Points of interest

The majority of the archeological, architectural, and historical remnants of the former capital can be found here, which together with the Halych Historical Center and a number of other local historic locations make up the national reserve "Ancient Halych". Krylos is now a village with remains and the partially reconstructe
Assumption Church
considered to be from medieval times. Next to this church Prince

Yaroslav Osmomysl Yaroslav Osmomysl (, ''Osmomyslŭ Jaroslavŭ''; , ''Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Osmomysl'') ( – 1 October 1187) was a knyaz of Halych (now in western Ukraine). He is best-known for appearing in ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign''. His sobriquet, meani ...

br>was buried

chapel
has been constructed on the site of the original Assumption Church.

References

External links

Website of the National Preserve ''Ancient Halych
* {{Authority control Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion