Moldova · 15th century
The Tighina Fortress (Romanian: Cetatea Tighina; renamed by the Turks as Bender; Russian: Бендерская крепость, romanized: Benderskaya krepost') was a 15th-century fortress on the right bank of the Dniester River in Bender (also known as Tighina), Moldova, built from earth and wood during the reign of Prince Stephen the Great. In 1538 it was conquered by the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who ordered it to be rebuilt in stone and enlarged.
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Bender Fortress ranks #1,303 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 4 mapped in Moldova. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,656 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. See how Moldova compares in the castle statistics.
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