The medieval monastic complex Surb Khach is situated in the picturesque mountain and woody area, within three kilometers from the town Staryi Krym. Its name means Monastery of the Holy Cross in Armenian. Being reminiscent of an age-old defensive fortress, Surb Khach is one of the peninsula’s most interesting monuments of Armenian sacral architecture that preserve the spirit and atmosphere of the M

The ancient Armenian Church of the St. Sergiy is among Feodosiya's most interesting architectural monuments. The temple, built in the middle of the 14th century, is one of the few medieval cultic buildings on the Crimea's territory that remained intact until now. Built according to all Armenian medieval architectural canons, the Church of the St. Sergiy is notable for simple and airy forms. Its ma

Foros is associated with elegant temple, situated on the 400-meter-high cliff and soaring above the sea, probably more often than with its splendid beaches, warm sea and amazing sceneries. It is the Church of the Resurrection, resort’s main symbol and genuine adornment of the Southern Coast of Crimea. The magnificent temple in Byzantine style was raised in 1892, thanks to the merchant and Maecenas

Small resort town Foros acquired wide fame not only thanks to its amazing sceneries, curative climate, warm sea, comfortable beaches and a range of pensions, but also for being the southernmost point of Crimea. Nature generously endowed Foros with its precious riches, and man diluted this marvelously beautiful corner with handmade masterpieces. Resort's most attractive place is definitely the Foro

Today the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky - that over a century was Simferopol's main temple - is rightly considered to be one of the most beautiful and magnificent cultic buildings in Simferopol. It amazes not only with its imposing and harmonic forms, but with tough and tragic destiny that ended with temple's rebirth. The idea of building large cathedral in Simferopol to honor Saint Alexander Nev

The white-stone Kebir-Jami Mosque amazes with its splendid strictness and reckons among the most notable architectural monuments, built in Crimean Khanate times, that survived on the peninsula. Built in the early 16th century, it has a title of the oldest building in Simferopol and still remains the main spiritual center for Muslims, living in Crimea. Temple's walls, made from shelly stone, were c

One of the brightest and the most mysterious Yevpatoria's sights is the Tekie Dervishes - the former abode of traveling Muslim monks (Dervishes) built in 15th-16th centuries. This unique historical and architectural ensemble is valuable, for it is the only Muslim monastery that has survived on Ukrainian territory in its original form. Dervishes were members of Sufi brotherhood that didn't accept l

Karaites' Kenasas is an amazingly beautiful and unusually harmonic temple complex. For two centuries it was the center of Crimean Karaites' spiritual and religious life. Today it is one of Yevpatoria's most original architectural sights. Karaites are the most mysterious and scanty Turkic people, representatives of which traditionally profess Karaism - peculiar branch of Judaism. Cavern town Chufut

Juma-Jami is Yevpatoria's main mosque and one of the most interesting medieval Islamic architectural monuments in Crimea. The biggest and the most beautiful mosque on the peninsula was built in the middle of the 16th century on Koca Sinan's - the famous Turkish architect and the creator of over 300 wonderful buildings in Istanbul, Adrianolpol and other cities - project. The name Juma-Jami is trans