The Fort of St. Elizabeth • Kirovograd (289 km.)
The Fort of St. Elizabeth
The Fort of St. Elizabeth • Kirovograd (289 km.)
The remains of the formerly powerful Fort of St. Elizabeth stand on the Inhul River banks and are the main Kirovograd's attraction. It was this fortress - the masterpiece of fortification architecture - that gave birth to the town over two and a half centuries ago. Today this place with unusual atmosphere attracts not only history buffs, but regular tourists who want to feast their eyes on powerfu

Kamianets-Podilskyi Fortress • Kamianets-Podilskyi (152 km.)
Kamianets-Podilskyi Fortress
Kamianets-Podilskyi Fortress • Kamianets-Podilskyi (152 km.)
Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka called the majestic fortress of Kamianets-Podilskyi flower on stone. This "flower" of striking beauty amazes everyone, who has a chance to see it, for over six centuries. Harmonically inscribed in fabulous landscape and enclosed in the river loop, the medieval fortress is one of the most interesting and beautiful historical monuments that is included in the seven w

Zamkovy Most (Castle Bridge) • Kamianets-Podilskyi (152 km.)
Zamkovy Most (Castle Bridge)
Zamkovy Most (Castle Bridge) • Kamianets-Podilskyi (152 km.)
The massive Zamkovy Most that connects the ancient fortress with the Old Town is one of the most unusual sights of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Its salt is that it is the only bridge in the world, built along the stream canal, not across it - like all other existing highway stream crossings. It stands on the narrow isthmus that divides two banks of the river Smotrich. Moreover, the Zamkovy Most is the old

The Monastery of Barefoot Carmelites' Order
The Monastery-Fortress of Barefoot Carmelites' Order is not just, striking with its majesty, cult building of Berdychiv, but also the core, around which the spiral of the rich history of the town winds. It was founded in 1634 by Polish magnate Janusz Tyszkiewicz, the then owner of Berdychiv, who passed his estate palace with nearby settlements in hands of monks of the Carmelites' Order and allocat
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