The article reveals and highlights the methods of adaptation of castles for cultural and tourist complexes. Examples from the practice of adapting European castles, in particular for cultural and tourist complexes, are analyzed. The main methods of adaptation of castles, identified as a result of research, after the necessary conservation and restoration of buildings are the following: museification, theatrical performance, mythologizing, adaptation to modern needs. Additional methods of

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... ization, in particular the activation of cultural and tourist functions should be: the creation of a hotel on or near the complex, cafes and restaurants, arrangement of a system of paths, stairs and observation decks, ordering and ensuring the transformability of prefabricated structures for festivals, use of lighting installations and projections on the facades of castles, it is also important to place souvenir and grocery stores, parking spaces. Based on this experience, NSAU "Competition for the best design proposal for the restoration of the adaptation to the cultural and artistic center of the architectural monument of national importance - the castle of the XV - XVII centuries. (oh.№481) in the village. Svirzh, Lviv district, Lviv region "the authors of the article developed a project to adapt the castle in Svirzh, Lviv region. Thus, analytical research and systematization of European experience are introduced into the real adaptation of the castle and its integration into the cultural life of the region.