Fortress
Rila Fortress
🇷🇺 Russia
Rila Fortress is the former fortified core of Rylsk. The town consisted of a citadel and a posad divided into two parts (the Upper and Lower posads). The citadel of Rylsk occupied a riverside outlier at the confluence of the Dublyanka stream with the Seym (the tract known as the Hill of John of Rila).
Machine-translated from “Рыльская крепость” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rila Fortress ranks #7,688 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #143 of the 145 mapped in Russia. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Rila Fortress?
Rila Fortress stands in Russia, at 51.57022°, 34.691°.
How famous is Rila Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,688 of 8,134 worldwide, and #143 in Russia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Rila Fortress?
Putyvl Fortress, about 63 km away.
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