Hotinskaya fortress - witness the many wars and battles
Hotinskaya fortress - witness the many wars and battles. For centuries it was a center of crafts and trade, culture and economy. This medieval beauty tells a lot to those who wish to hear it. It is no accident rocky promontory on the Dniester, our ancestors called "Khotin." The name of the city comes from the verb "want" because cape was a welcome and safe place for the old settlers. Due to the strong fortress and favorable location Hawtin became a center of crafts and trade, which in turn led to flowering of its culture and economy. The city has been an important issue in the Euro-Asian trade.
Located on the main highways, Hawtin has always attracted the attention of the conquerors. In order to protect them from the fortress was built, which experienced a century and saw hordes under its walls the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, the rebels Flies people's avengers babe soldiers Dmitry Vishnevetskogo (Biden), Peter Doroshenko. During the Liberation War of the Ukrainian people against Polish nobility in double Hawtin joined forces Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Known Hotinskaya fortress Old War and the events that took place under the walls of the fortress in September - early October 1621 This war is glorified and their Cossacks hetman Petro Konashevich Sagajdachnogo and became a turning point in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Khotin victory saved Europe from the invasion of the Janissaries, made a strong impression on all nations and entered echo in the world literature.
During the XVII century. Hawtin passed from hand to hand, he had a Polish kings and Turkish lords, not just liberated the city Cossacks. During the Liberation War in Hotyne were army Bogdan Khmelnitsky (1650-1653 gg.) Only at the beginning of the XVIII century. Turks finally managed to gain a foothold in Hotyne and fortress. After the reconstruction of the 1712-1718 biennium (with French engineers), it was the most powerful hub Ottoman defense in Eastern Europe. Although in the eighteenth-nineteenth century. strength gradually lost its defensive significance, and under its walls continued to boil battle.
In 1826 the city was granted Khotyn emblem: the golden box silver castle with three towers; two extreme fit the horse-tail, and on average - Crescent on pole; Cross over it: cross - two swords blade down on them - silver cross as a sign of the Turkish capture of the fortress.
In Hotinskaya fortress held shooting many movies, including "Viper", "Zahar Berkut", "The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe," "The Three Musketeers", "Arrows of Robin Hood." Among recent - the film adaptation of the work of the famous Ukrainian writer Yuri Mushketyk "Yasa" and shooting the film "Zaporizhzhya Sich" a novel of Nikolai Gogol's "Taras Bulba".
Free parking 200 meters from the castle
Adult: 50 UAH;
- Children 7-14 years: 25 UAH
- Students (with a student ID): 25 UAH;
Groups of visitors (children, students, adults): 200 UAH
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