Fortress
Dzivgis Cave Fortress
🇷🇺 Russia
The Dzivgis rock-cut (cave, fore-cave) fortress (Ossetian: Дзывгъисы фидар) is a complex of defensive structures in varying states of preservation, located in the almost deserted North Ossetian village of Dzivgis. The Dzivgis complex consists of 6 caves of various sizes, to which stone fortifications have been added.
Machine-translated from “Дзивгисская крепость” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dzivgis Cave Fortress ranks #6,494 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #127 of the 145 mapped in Russia. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Dzivgis Cave Fortress?
Dzivgis Cave Fortress stands in Russia, at 42.8775°, 44.31479°.
How famous is Dzivgis Cave Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,494 of 8,134 worldwide, and #127 in Russia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Dzivgis Cave Fortress?
Vovnushki, about 56 km away.
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