The Ukrainian city of Kamenets-Podolsky, which is located in the Khmelnytsky region, can rightfully be called a museum. A huge number of historical sites and architectural monuments makes it one of the most visited cities in Ukraine. Tourists from all over the world seek to visit a stone island surrounded by the Smotrych River, where the Old Town is located. We will spend a short excursion and find out that we must see it in Kamenets-Podolsky.
The fortress (castle) of Kamenetz-Podolsky
Kamenetz-Podolsky fortress has long become the face of the whole city, its visiting card. The first fortifications were erected in this territory in the 9th-11th centuries, although, then, wooden ones, which were affected by the fire. Stone buildings appeared in the XII century, and its present form the fortress acquired in the XVI-XVII centuries. It includes the Old Fortress, consisting of 11 unique towers, which are connected by walls of fortification and the New Fortress, which is two bastions. Each building in the territory of the Kamenetz-Podolsky fortress keeps its history within the walls. By the way, the tourist traditions here are also formed. On the territory of the Old Fortress there is a debt hole where the debtors were let down in punishment, now the "dummy" of the guilty person is also "serving a sentence", and tourists throw coins to him so that they never have debts.
Kamianets-Podilsky Town Hall
This is a historic building located in the center of the Old Town. The Town Hall of Kamenetz-Podolsky is the oldest building, no longer of military significance, but civil, because throughout the centuries it was the city's most important administrative decisions that were adopted. The Town Hall is a two-story building and a tower of eight tiers. In addition to the historical value of tourists attracts the cultural component - the building, originally made in the Gothic style, eventually accumulated elements of Empire, Baroque and Renaissance. Today, for the tourists in the town hall there are various expositions, including an exhibition dedicated to the history of torture.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the city of Kamenets-Podolsky was erected in 1893, when residents celebrated 100 years from the time Podillya joined Russia. It was very expensive and majestic structure. The temple was made in Byzantine style, its top was a golden dome, and each wall was framed by four half-domes. Unfortunately, today tourists can not admire the original, because during the Soviet era the cathedral of Alexander Nevsky was completely destroyed. In 2000, the cathedral again rose to its former position, thanks to the donations of city residents and the painstaking work of historians, builders, icon painters and jewelers.
Bridge "Tearing deer"
The bridge in the city of Kamenets-Podolsky represents the sights of modern architecture, chosen by tourists. It was commissioned in 1973, combining the banks of the Smotrych River. Its original name "Running deer" Kamenets-Podolsky Bridge received for its elegant, swift construction - the distance between the pillars is 174 meters. The uniqueness of the structure is that it is the highest bridge without supports in Europe (height 70m), and in its construction for the first time in the world were used bistal constructions. Today, the Ukrainian bridge is the place of extreme rest - rope jumpers, adrenaline lovers and free fall from the heights come here.
All the sights of Kamenetz-Podolsky can not be seen in one day, so take a trip, save time!