Mariinsky Palace, Vorontsov Palace, Swallow's Nest Palace, Genoese Fortress, Khotinsky Fortress, Chigirinsky Fortress, Ostrog Castle, Zbarazh Castle, Khust Castle ruins, fortresses - silent witnesses of many bloody battles and grueling sieges, or elegant palaces - former residences of rulers and aristocrats of the past. Different eras of Ukrainian history, different architectural styles embodied in 70 most interesting monuments of defense and monumental construction, lined up on the pages of this book. You will read - in Ukrainian and English - about the interior decoration of structures then and now, about princes, hetmans, gentry, barons and even poets who erected. And for those who seek to see these man-made miracles, the location of each building is named.