Russia · 14th century
The Fortress of Izborsk (Russian: Изборская крепость) is a fortress regarded as the founding site of the ancient town of Izborsk, located about thirty kilometres from Pskov. The town is first mentioned in the chronicle known as the Tale of Bygone Years. The Fortress of Izborsk defended Russia's western borders for several centuries.
Machine-translated from “Forteresse d'Izborsk” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortress of Izborsk ranks #2,308 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #69 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1341, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,041 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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