Chufut-Kale

Ukraine / Krym / Bakhchysaray /
 place with historical importance, fortification, Medieval / Middle Ages, hillfort, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia)
Chufut Kale means "Jewish Fortress" in Crimean Tartar. This city was built in the 6th century by Alans-christians with help of Byzantine Empire under the name of Fuli and later occupied by Karaites, a turkic people practicing a form of Judaism, mixed with Islam and early Christianity.
Medieval name of the city was Kyrk-Or (Forty Towers) or Kyrk-Yer (Place of Forty).

Report:
www.moya-planeta.ru/reports/view/peshkom_na_chufutkale_...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chufut-Kale
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Coordinates:   44°44'28"N   33°55'24"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago