The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
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Simferopol
The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
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Simferopol
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
Kebir-Jami Mosque
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Simferopol
Kebir-Jami Mosque
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Simferopol
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
The Scythian Naples
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Simferopol
The Scythian Naples
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Simferopol
Situated in Simferopol's outskirts, the Scythian Naples is an archeological monument of world's significance that is recognized as one of the seven wonders of Crimea's capital. This is ancient town's ruins, on the territory of which the namesake historical and archeological complex was created.
Founded in the 3d century B.C., the Scythian Naples remained the capital of the ancient Late Scythian st
Surb Khach Monastery
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Feodosiya (76 km.)
Surb Khach Monastery
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Feodosiya (76 km.)
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
Primorsky Boulevard
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Sevastopol (59 km.)
Primorsky Boulevard
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Sevastopol (59 km.)
The green ribbon of Primorsky Boulevard meanders along one of Southern side’s most picturesque slopes, in the city’s historical part. It has been the favorite walking and recreation place of Sevastopol’s locals and guests for almost a century and a half. It is one of the city’s most beautiful green areas, which attracts not only with cozy lanes and observation areas, featuring amazing views of the
Foros’s Church (the Church of the Resurrection)
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Yalta (65 km.)
Foros’s Church (the Church of the Resurrection)
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Yalta (65 km.)
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
Dulber Palace
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Yalta (58 km.)
Dulber Palace
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Yalta (58 km.)
The elegant Dulber Palace, built in the late 19th century for the Prince Pyotr Nikolayevich, an uncle of the last Russian Imperator Nicholas II, is one of the brightest architectural gems at the Southern Coast of Crimea. Its fabulous snow-white asymmetric building with silver cupolas and elegant turrets noticeably stands out against a background of fantastic Crimean Mountains’ sceneries and is rec
Yeni-Kale Fortress
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Kerch (201 km.)
Yeni-Kale Fortress
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Kerch (201 km.)
The former Turkish fortress Yeni-Kale, whose picturesque fragments stand on the coast in the eastern part of the city, is a valuable monument of architecture and is reckoned among the most interesting and symbolic attractions of Kerch. The powerful fort with original shapes was built by Turks in the early 18th century, during aggravation of the conflict between the Ottoman and the Russian empires,
Kalamita Fortress
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Sevastopol (55 km.)
Kalamita Fortress
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Sevastopol (55 km.)
The ruins of the once majestic Kalamita fortress, standing on the picturesque Monastic Rock’s plateau in the Sevastopol outskirts, is one of the most interesting monuments of medieval Crimea’s fortification architecture, which is rightly reckoned among the most unique sights on the peninsula.
The first fortifications appeared here back in the 6th century. Built by Byzantines, they served as protec