Ukraine · 13th century
Kaffa genoese fortress ranks #2,711 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #48 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded 1266, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,947 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
Kaffa genoese fortress was a fortified town and Genoese colony of Gazaria located in Crimea. The city stood on the site of the present-day town of Feodosia, on the western shore of the Bay of Feodosia.
The city was built in the 13th and 14th centuries to defend the possessions of the Republic of Genoa in Crimea. An old theory held that the city was a gateway for the Black Death into Europe, through the siege of the city by the Mongols in 1346. The Mongols failed to take the city, which continued to develop in the 15th century until the Ottomans took the Principality of Theodoro in 1475.
Machine-translated from “Caffa” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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