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    The »Palanok« Castle as a geotouristic site in the Zakarpattya, Ukraine
    (Wydawnictwa AGH, 2008) Baláž, Bartolomej; Rybár, Pavol; Lanskyi, Dmitro
    The paper describes the Palanok Castle in the Zakarpattya in Western Ukraine. This is one of the most popular tourist sites in Ukraine, famous not only of turbulent history and military architecture, but also interesting geology and incomparable scenic views. The recent castle was built in the XIVth century at the top of Sarmatian-Early Pannonian hornblende-pyroxene andesite plug, which rises 68 meters above the surrounding plain. The castle includes lower, central and upper parts with 130 rooms of total area about 14 000 m$^{2}$. In 2008 over 100,000 visitors have arrived from Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, which generated over 50,000 EUR profit. Recently, the castle is a site of regional museum, modern painting gallery and thematic exhibition »The wooden churches of Zakarpattya«.