Olyka Castle is a fortified palace in Olyka, Ukraine. Constructed in 1564, it became the principal seat of the Radziwiłł family in Volhynia, once part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and now Ukraine. The Radziwiłłs hold the castle for almost four hundred years, since the last owner, Janusz Radziwiłł, owned the castle till 1945. After 1945, it was confiscated and changed into a psychiatric hospital. In 2021, it was transferred to the Volyn museum and is now open for the public.
Entrance gate from Olyka castle seen from the courtyard
Olyka castle around 1914
Olyka castle in the 19th century
Olyka castle
Olyka is a rural settlement in Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located east of Lutsk on the Putylivka Rriver. Its population is 3,032.
(left to right, top to bottom) 1) Orthodox Holy Trinity Church. 2) ruin. 3) Catholic Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity. 4a) Catholic church of SS Peter and Paul. 4b) Ruins of Catholic cemetery chapel. 5) Orthodox Church of the Presentation of the Lord. 6) Olyka Castle.
Olyka, watercolor by Napoleon Orda (1874)
Street in Olyka (1912–1914)
Monument outside Olyka commemorating over 4,000 Jews massacred during Holocaust in 1942, photo by Sergei Shvardovskyi
