Konstantin Battery

The Konstantin or Consantine Battery is a fortification on the north side of Sevastopol in Crimea, also known as Fort Constantine. Completed in 1840, it was named after Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, younger brother of Alexander I of Russia. It currently houses a museum run by the Russian Geographical Society.

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Konstantin Battery ranks #4,833 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #74 of the 120 mapped in Ukraine. Founded 1840, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 407 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.

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