Ukraine · 15th century
Choban-Kule (Chaban-Kule, Choban-Kale, Tasili; Crimean Tatar: Çoban Qule, Чобан Къуле) is the ruins of a 15th-century Genoese castle on Cape Bashenny in the eastern part of the Southern Coast of Crimea. It is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Machine-translated from “Чобан-Куле” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Choban-Kule ranks #8,440 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #145 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1500, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Simferopol, 53 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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