Genuezka fortetsya

This is the Genoese (Sudak) fortress in Sudak, on the Crimean coast. It sits on the 157-meter-high Fortress Mountain, which juts into the Black Sea with a cape, and occupies about 30 hectares.

The Genoese, who captured Sudak in 1365, and for almost a hundred years, from 1371 to 1469, made efforts for fortifications. Before them, the mountain was owned by the Polovtsy and the Golden Horde, and some buildings are attributed to the Romans in the 4th century.

Two lines of defense: the outer one with 14 towers and the inner citadel with the Consular Castle of the XIV-XV centuries. The walls are 6-8 meters high, the towers are up to 15 meters high, heraldry has been preserved on them, and the Watchtower (Divocha) tower stands on the top.

Yes, and quite a few - more than 20 films. Among them are Pirates of the 20th Century in 1979, the TV series Master and Margarita in 2005 and Viking in 2016. The fortress loves the camera.

Since 2014, it has been a separate museum-reserve of the Sudat Fortress. Entrance is paid, enter through the Main Gate.