Architectural monuments

The Architectural shape of Alushty defines first of all a picturesque mountain amphitheatre and cosy river valleys with violent greens. The most ordinary small houses with tile roofs look exotically, but is in Alushte and interesting constructions.

The attention draws, first of all, the Middle Ages monument - a tower of a fortress of Aluston that towers on a city hill.

To a tower from quay it is possible to pass on street on April, 15th. Before war this street carried other name - Genoa. New it is given in honour of day of clearing of a city from fascist invaders on April, 15th, 1944.

Krepost Aluston has been built in VI century by Byzantines. The area originally made it about 0,25 hectares. Expanding, she has gradually outgrown in the small strengthened city. The fortress territory has been built densely up by small houses. The fortress protected coast from nomads, supervised harbour and provided safety of swimming of merchant courts.

In 1380-1390 the genoeses owning Alushtoj, have erected a new external ring of fortifications with three towers. Strengthening consisted of two lines - a citadel and an external defensive wall which in the plan represented a quadrangle of the wrong form.

Remained and restavrirovannaja the round tower the Ashaga-sack (the Bottom tower) closed a line from the south. Diameter of a tower of 8 m, height - to 16 m. Unfortunately, monument survey complicate ordinary-looking constructions which have densely stuck round a fortress from different directions.

From the strengthening north the tower the Chatal-sack (the Horned tower), named so covered high shestigrannaja, is visible because came to the end with a gear parapet. In the centre of a northeast defensive line there was a rectangular tower the Orta-sack (the Average tower). The rests can be seen it on Volodarsky's street.

As have shown excavation, the fortress for the history collapsed and restored time and again, while Turks, having grasped it in 1475, have not burnt, then it was not restored any more. The city has turned to small settlement.

Narrow streets Adjoining to strengthenings - old, picturesque enough part of a city. Alushta Here began. The new buildings erected last years, have changed shape and this corner.

An architecture Monument is a temple For the sake of All Crimean sacred and St. great martyr Feodora Stratilata , towering on a city hill - street Lame, 14.

The Church is erected in 40th years of XIX century, consecrated in 1842. The known Odessa architect G.Torrichelli was the author of the project. In a Soviet period in a temple the club "Р=Ёюш=хыі" settled down;. Nowadays a temple operating.

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