Porkhov Kremlin (Porkhov)
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Porkhov
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, 4 km from center (Порхов)
castle, fortification, Medieval / Middle Ages, listed building / architectural heritage, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia), tourist attraction
Porkhov was founded in 1239 by Alexander Nevsky, who built a wooden fortress on this site. In 1387 it was rebuilt in stone by citizens of Novgorod, and in 1428 it survived a siege by the grand duke of Lithuania Vytautas.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porkhov
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 57°45'53"N 29°33'45"E
- Krepost` 0.1 km
- Gramyachaya ("Thundering") Tower, or St.St.Kozma and Damian's 72 km
- Мikhailovskaya Hill 72 km
- Vlas'evskaya Tower 73 km
- Rybnitskaya tower 73 km
- "Persee" (The Breast) - the front wall of Krom 73 km
- Pokrovskaya Tower 73 km
- Krom (Pskov kremlin) 74 km
- fortress wall 74 km
- German bunker 79 km
- Krepost`
- Church 0.1 km
- prospekt Lenina, 17 0.2 km
- Bridge on the Shelon` river 0.2 km
- prospekt Lenina, 33 0.3 km
- prospekt Lenina, 31 0.3 km
- Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary 0.3 km
- ulitsa Kalachyova, 7 0.4 km
- ulitsa Pushkina, 35 0.4 km
- ulitsa Plekhanova, 8 0.5 km