Krylos

Image - A chapel near the remains of the Dormition Cathedral in Krylos (princely Halych).

Krylos [Крилос]. Village (2001 pop 1,697) in Halych raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, located on Krylos Mountain near the Lukva River (a tributary of the Dnister River), 5 km from the center of present-day Halych. Krylos was originally at the center of the complex of villages that formed the capital of princely Halych.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]


Image - Archeological excavations in Krylos.


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