Kamenets-Podolskii

Kamenetz-Podolsk - one of the oldest historic cities of Ukraine , the main town of Podolsk land - belongs to the outstanding events of European culture.The peculiar geopolitical position, close to the border , land routes and waterways , the most important of which was the Dniester and the placing of the fortified city on a rocky island has determined its main function - porubezhnoy fortress. During its long history Kamenetz not once passed from hand to hand to various invaders.At one time they owned the Tatar-Mongols, the Polish- Lithuanian gentry , the Turks , the Austro- Hungarian, Russian imperialists and the Bolsheviks , the German invaders . Accordingly, each historical period has left its imprint on the topography and architecture of the old city. In Kamenetz -Podolsk over 200 important historical and architectural attractions.A special place among the architectural monuments Kamenetz is the old citadel , a fortress with a system other architectural structures . An integral part of the ensemble of the fortress is a stone bridge , which seemed to continue to walls on the eastern side and connects the old city fortress.

In 1998,old town was declared a National Historical- Architectural Reserve \staryĭ gorod byl obʺyavlen Natsionalʹnym istoriko-arhitekturnym zapovednikom \u0026laquo;Kam`yanetsʹ\u0026raquo;.

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