Chynadiiovo Castle, Medieval castle in Chynadiyovo, Ukraine

Chynadiiovo Castle, also called Saint Miklós Castle, is a stone fortress with metre-thick walls and two corner towers, built in the 14th century by Baron Perényi and later enlarged by the Telegdy counts. Its rough grey and beige plaster walls, reddish-brown tiled roofs and a small round turret with a conical roof on the left front corner reflect rebuilds of 1734 and 1839, when it gained palace features. The main entrance is on the north side, while visitors enter through a southern doorway with a stone frame.

A settlement here is documented from 1214, when King Stephen V granted the estate to magister Aladár. The stone fortress with two corner towers and metre-thick walls was built in the 14th century by Baron Perényi and later extended by the Teleki counts. Polish troops of Count Lubomirski damaged it in 1657; in 1729 Charles VI gave it to Count Friedrich Schönborn, and it was rebuilt as a palace in 1734 and 1839.

The castle is also called Sent-Miklos, after Saint Nicholas. Since 2012 it has hosted the annual Silver Tatos medieval culture festival, where reenactors from Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia fight in knightly combat. The first floor displays Celtic and Scythian artefacts and portraits of every owner.

The castle stands beside the road running parallel to the M06 highway, in the narrow Latoritsa valley near Chynadiyovo. Visitors enter through the southern gate; the main entrance is on the northern side. The restored ground floor holds six rooms and a hall, with the second floor above. The Vereketskyi Pass, the so-called Ruski Vorota, lies about 60 km away.

The castle's owners show visitors several "secret passages" built as double walls. During the 1839 rebuilding, workers found a human skeleton walled up inside one of the walls; one explanation recalls a medieval custom of sealing a living person into a new fortress to strengthen it.