Ukraine · 13th century
Uchansu-Isar (also Zigo-Isar, "Quiet Fortress") is the ruins of a castle of the 13th–15th century, located on the southern coast of Crimea on the right bank of the Uchan-Su river, 1.5 km east of the Uchan-Su waterfall on the outskirts of the settlement of Kuibyshevo. By order No. 957/0/16-10 of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine of 25 October 2010 (protection No. 487-АР) the "fortification Uchan-Su Isar of the third quarter of the 15th century" was declared a historical monument of regional significance.
Machine-translated from “Учансу-Исар” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uchan-su-isar ranks #8,965 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #186 of the 195 mapped in Ukraine. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 19 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sevastopol, 48 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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