Ukraine · 13th century
Khachla-Kayasy (also Alim's Rock) is the ruins of a castle of the 13th–14th century, located on the southern coast of Crimea, 2.5 km west of Verkhnyaya Oreanda. By decisions No. 595 of 5 September 1969 and No. 957/0/16-10 No. 16 of 15 January 1980 (registration No. 498) of the Crimean Regional Executive Committee the "fortification 'Khachla-Kayasy, ruins of defensive walls' of the 12th–14th century and 'medieval temple of the 13th–14th century'" was declared a historical monument of regional significance. The name Khachla-Koyasy is a corruption of the Crimean Tatar Khachly-Kayasy, "Cross Rock".
Machine-translated from “Хачла-Каясы” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xachla-Kayasy ranks #8,990 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #192 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. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sevastopol, 51 km away. See how Ukraine compares in the castle statistics.
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