A new page began in the history of the ancient Lvov – centuries of occupation by foreign invaders an epoch of relentless national and social oppression. But the people’s freedom-loving spirit was not broken.
Having pulled down the Castle of Daniil Romanovkh, King Casimir ordered that a new stone fortress be built in its stead. He named it the High Castle.
The High Castle dominated the town, an imposing bastion of the King’s military might and boundless power. Dungeons were built beneath the defense towers. There, following the Battle of Grunwald (1410),
the Knights of the Teutonic Order who had been taken captive were held to ransom.
There were many attempts to seize the Castle but its walls were impregnable. Castle Hill held out until 1648 when the entire Ukraine was enveloped in the flames of a national liberation war under the leadership of Ukrainian Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky.