Roksolana Square and monument, Rohatyn

The city of Rohatyn was the birthplace of Roksolana, a great woman who was captured as a child by the Tatars but who eventually managed to become a global political figure, ruling the country through her husband, the Sultan. The central square in the city was named in her honor, where many of Rohatyn's architectural monuments are located today.

Previously, Rohatyn was famous for its fairs, which were not even inferior to those in Lviv. The town square of those times can be characterized as follows: cobblestone pavement, loud trading people dressed in simple, dull colors, artisans and merchants. Later, the square was named Rynkova because at that time there was a market there all the time.

Along the perimeter, the square was built up with four rows of buildings with narrow facades standing close to each other. In addition to the town hall and the market, there were cloth workshops on the rectangular territory of the square. A municipal water catchment basin was built under the square, with wooden pipes leading to it.

At the level of the first floors of Roksolana Square, wooden sheds were built, under which stalls were located and lively trade was going on. The main streets led from the square to the Lviv, Galician, and Krakow gates.

Over time, Roxolana Square in Rohatyn was named after a famous native of the city. The priest's daughter, who later became the wife of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, actually ruled the entire Ottoman Empire.

• A monument to Roksolana was erected in the center of the square in 1999.
• At one end of the square is the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• On the eastern side of the square is the dominant building of the city center, St. Nicholas Church. The church is built in the Baroque and Renaissance styles with Gothic elements, built around the 15th century on the site where the old church was located.

Roxolana Square in Rohatyn is located in the city center. The square is adjacent to Halytska Street and is crossed by Taras Shevchenko Street. Local taxis regularly go here.

Monument to Roksolana

The city of Rohatyn is the birthplace of a Ukrainian girl who was captured by the Tatars but managed to become a global political figure. We're talking about Roksolana, the wife of the Ottoman Sultan. The city's central square is named in her honor, and today it is home to many architectural monuments. The monument to Roksolana in Rohatyn is located on the same square.

The central square was named after the famous native of the city, Roksolana. A monument to Roksolana was erected in the center of Rohatyn's main square in 1999.

Anastasia Gavrilovna was born in Rohatyn in 1506, in the family of a priest, Gavrilo Lisovsky.

During another Tatar raid in 1522, young Anastasia was taken prisoner. On the first day, when the Horde brought the captive to the market, she accidentally caught the eye of the young sultan Suleiman I. The Turk was immediately struck by the girl's dazzling beauty, and he decided to buy her as a gift to the sultan. The sultan liked her so much that he made her his wife.

Amazing stories are told about Roksolana's beauty and intelligence to this day. The daughter of a priest, who became the wife of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman I, actually ruled the entire Ottoman Empire.

The monument to Roksolana is located on the square of the same name in the center of Rohatyn. The square is adjacent to Halytska Street, crossed by Taras Shevchenko Street, which goes directly to the square. Local taxis run regularly to get to the square.