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Kamyanets. Old Fortress’ Legends

April 22, 2008 – 3:31 pm

The old Kamyanets-Podilskyi fortress is a real treasure such as legends are made of. They say that Turkish gold is hidden in the Smotrych River flowing under it and that is has a 20 km tunnel leading to Khotyn fortress. Well, these are just legends. However, the architectural highlight of Kamyanets-Podilskyi in Khmelnytsk region is full of wonders as it is

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Akkerman. The Greatness of the White Fortress

April 18, 2008 – 10:15 am

Ovidius, the great writer of antiquity, is said to be buried in the land of his exile along the Dnister River in the Odessa region. Also at the Tiras (the Dnister’s Greek name) a rock bears the footprint of Heracle. And of course the Tiragetts, ancient inhabitant’s of this region, roam the land even today. These are all legends. But even without them the history of the city of Bilgorog-Dnistrovskyi reads like a fairy-tale hidden within fortress walls

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