Fortress
Porkhov Fortress
Russia
- Heritage status
- federal cultural heritage site in Russia
- Location
- Porkhov
- Coordinates
- 57.7648°, 29.56246°
- Open data
- Wikidata Q4373485
Description
Porkhov Fortress (the Porkhov kremlin) is a fortress in the centre of the town of Porkhov, Pskov Oblast. It is located on the right bank of the Shelon River. The fortress structures, built of dark limestone, have survived almost completely, but some sections are in a dilapidated condition.
Machine-translated from “Порховская крепость” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
In the rankings
Porkhov Fortress ranks #5,356 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 145 mapped in Russia. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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