Castle
Chernihiv Val
🇺🇦 Ukraine
The Chernihiv detinets, or Val, is the central and oldest part of Chernihiv, where the main town fortifications stood in the Old Rus' era and in the 16th–17th centuries. It is located on a high spur of the right bank of the Desna valley, bounded on two sides by the river and its tributary the Stryzhen.
Machine-translated from “Черниговский детинец” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chernihiv Val ranks #6,323 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #95 of the 183 mapped in Ukraine. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Chernihiv Val?
Chernihiv Val stands in Ukraine, at 51.48908°, 31.30854°.
How famous is Chernihiv Val?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,323 of 7,738 worldwide, and #95 in Ukraine. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Chernihiv Val?
Gomel Castle, about 106 km away.
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