Ukraine · 6th century
Gurzuf Fortress ranks #7,952 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #121 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 600, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 39 atlas entries founded in the 6th century. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Simferopol, 47 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
Gurzuf Fortress, or the fortress of Gorzuvity, is an ancient Byzantine (Middle Greek: Γορςουβίταυς) and Genoese (Italian: Gorzoni) fortress located in the southern part of Crimea, within the town of Gurzuf, on the coastal rock of Dzhenevez-Kaya (Crimean Tatar: "Cenevez Qaya" — "Genoese Rock").
The fortress of Gorzuvity was intended to subject the local population of the Gurzuf valley and to control seafaring along the coast.
Machine-translated from “Генуэзская крепость (Гурзуф)” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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