Sunday, July 6, 2014

Khotyn Fortress is amazing!

we are in a way to one of oldest fortresses in Western Ukraine - Khotyn Fortress!


it takes one and half hour and we are there) Khotyn Fortress is something amazing! Nature, river, all is green! We love it!!!




(photos of Barbara and Benedetta - thanks for that, girls!)


Want to know more about this beauty? Find using another type of new social media - Wikipedia) 

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The Khotyn Fortress (UkrainianХотинська фортецяPolishtwierdza w ChocimiuTurkishHotin KalesiRomanianCetatea Hotinului) is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in KhotynChernivtsi Oblast (province) of westernUkraine. It is situated on a territory of the historical northern Bessarabia region which was split in 1940 between Ukraine and Moldova. The fortress is also located in a close proximity to another famous the Old Kam'yanets Castle of Kamianets-Podilskyi.Construction on the current Khotyn fortress was started in 1325, while major improvements were made in the 1380s and in the 1460s.The fortress is a large tourist attraction for the area and Ukraine. In 2007, the fortress was named one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine. It is also a National Ukrainian Architectural Preserve as of 2000.for getting more information come here 

After axploring the Fortress we were starving!
And we have a snack on the picturescue place in Khotyn

We came back to the hotel and there traditional dinner was waiting for us. Not all of us liked traditional Banush, But we tasted it)

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