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Translation of the ZOOID note:
"Inscription over the doors of the tomb built, it is thought, by Mengli Giray Khan for his father, Haji Giray Khan, outside Bahçesaray at Chufut Kale (the Jewish fortress), in the area called Salaçık."

Translation…

Chromolithograph of the mausoleum of the founder of the Giray dynasty and his successor, Mengli Giray (d.1515), who commissioned the building.Examine the image in more detail here.

A spot for those who seek out "spectacles of nature." In this case, the spectacle is a waterfall careening from the heights above the fortification. (Uchan-su means "flying water" in Tatar.) A mere 40 minute trip from Yalta brings the visitor to the…

Ruins of a Greek church

Ruins of a Greek church

Chromolithograph of a "cave church" at Mangup. Churches and monasteries were often built into the sides of cliffs in the Crimean mountains.

Vigla is an urochishche near Partenit. Demir Khapu is a narrow place marked by a fountain between the mountain and forest. Demir Khapu to Gurzuf takes 3 hours.

Vigla-Bair is at the eastern boundary of Gurzuf above Kalitsa-Sheshma, the water source 2 versts from Gurzuf, and below the forest called Shiurmen. Gramata is the site of an inscribed stone. It is in the yaila, 3 hours from Gurzuf and 7 versts from…

At Marsanda the remains of a church are visible down near the sea, but Keppen is unsure whether this site was fortified. The church on the cape of St. John was behind walls.