THE DISCOVERY OF PAINTING DECORATIONS ON THE OUTSIDE WALLS OF THE CASTLES IN POMORIANY AND IN YAZLIVETS

The article describes the newfound fragments of polychrome paintings in the upper tiers of southeastern castle tower in Pomoriany. The paintings are found on the outside wall of the tower. The polychrome murals are preserved in fragments. The paintings decorated the plastered walls of the at the top two levels of the tower and can be dated roughly to the 17th century. Another mural fragment, discovered on the outside of the north wall of the castle in Yazlivets, is much smaller, but richer with colors. Such exterior castle walls decorating with polychrome paintings are rare in Ukraine. It is proposed to preserve and conserve these fragments of murals.