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Volokolamsk Kremlin

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Volokolamsk Kremlin in Russia
Photo: Lodo27 from Moscow, Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Volokolamsk Kremlin ranks #6,945 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #122 of the 145 mapped in Russia. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

Volokolamsk Kremlin is a no-longer-extant timber-and-earth fortress of Volokolamsk. At present, on the hillfort site of the Volokolamsk Kremlin, among the well-preserved earthen ramparts, stands an architectural ensemble comprising the Resurrection Cathedral (15th century), St Nicholas Cathedral (19th century) and a five-tier bell tower (18th century) with an enclosure wall of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Machine-translated from “Волоколамский кремль” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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