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Ancient fortress of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky |
6 hours excursion,
the price includes trip at car to the fort
and back (up to 3 persons), individual tour-guide,
and tickets cost
Belgorod-Dnestrovski is located 80 kilometers
off Odessa. It was founded in th 6th century
(1400 years ago), and is the same ancient
as Rome, Athens, and Jerusalem. During its
long history the fort was occupied by Huns,
Bulgarians, Tatars, Moldovans, Romanians,
and Turks. The Belgorod Dnestrovski Fort occupies
around 1.5 miles, and is one of the most ancient
and valuable masterpiece of ancient architecture.
The Fort as you will see it, was built to
defend the Moldova Kingdom of invasion of
Turks Empire army. In the left of entrance
to the fort, there is a Prison tower, that
had metallic ring pasted in the wall to hold
the chain that prisoners were chained to.
At the left side of the fort there is Management
Tower, The headquarters of Fort garrison.
The third tower, located at the opposite side,
and connected by the wall with Prison Tower,
was used as Treasury tower, but, unfortunately,
nowadays you can see just part of it.
At the North wall of the Citadel, between
two towers, you will see the ruins of ceramic
water supply system and water pull for keeping
the fresh water.
The Main Gates at the entrance to the Fort
is one more masterpiece of ancient architecture.
It has the wood suspension bridge that could
be hang on in case of enemy attack.
This is just a part of what you can see and
hear about this ancient and vast place that
combined many cultures and eras. |
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