Russia · 16th century
Belgorod Fortress ranks #7,691 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #130 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1596, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
Belgorod Fortress was a southern outpost of the Russian state, near the main Tatar road. It is said to have been built in 1596 and was the first fortress of Belgorod.
Machine-translated from “ベルゴロド要塞” on the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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