Brody Castle is a former castle

Castle

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 located in the city of Brody

Brody

Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...

, part of Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast

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, Ukraine

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. It was built between 1630 and 1635 at the behest of Stanisław Koniecpolski by Andrea del Aqua, based on a design by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan.

The castle was acquired in 1704 by the Potocki

Potocki

Potocki is the surname of a Polish noble family.-History:The Potocki family is a great artistocratic family originated from Potok in the Kraków Voivodeship; their family name derives from that place name. The family is heavily entwined with the cultural development and history of Poland's Eastern...

 family. Russia

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n forces ravaged Brody during the War of the Polish Succession

War of the Polish Succession

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. At the suggestion of the Austrian

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 administration, most of the remaining fortifications were demolished by Wincenty Potocki in 1812.

The only surviving structure is the much rebuilt palace of Stanislaw Potocki (1753–1805). Until the mid-1990s, the building had been used as a barracks

Barracks

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and is currently in need of repair and maintenance.