Raatitorni, Vyborg, Russia - SpottingHistory.com

Raatitorni (The Council Tower) is the only remaining part of the medieval Vyborg city walls. After the wall was demolished it functioned as a bell tower of near church. The tower was damaged in Winter War, but restored later.

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A127, Vyborg, Russia

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Founded: 1470s
Category: Castles and fortifications in Russia

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4.3/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Valtionhotelli (51 km)
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User Reviews

Dmitry Shutko (16 months ago)
Красиво, умели же строить!

Станислав Сидоренко (2 years ago)
Прекрасный и разрушающийся на глазах город Выборг наконец-то стали немного восстанавливать. Один из объектов реставрация - это башня ратуши названная так, потому что во время осады города ее должны были оборонять члены городской ратуши) После реставрации конечно преобразилась полностью

Александр Калашников (2 years ago)
Это Выборг, это очень стильно и красиво.

Павел Тимонов (2 years ago)
прекрасный ветшающий на глазах туристический город. Спешите его посетить, пока он полностью не развалился. Старый город атмосферен и прекрасен, несмотря на то, что за ним крайне плохо ухаживают. Крепостная улица-главная- треть состоит из фасадов уже нежилых зданий. Старинные дома-если сгорают- не реставрируются. Но атмосфера шведско-финнской древности с элементами советского убожества пока впечатляет раз и навсегда.

Филипп Перепелица (2 years ago)
Башня построена в 1470-х годах вместе с прочими башнями оборонительной стены каменного города. Всего башен было девять, две из которых сохранились. В XVII веке башню стали использовать в качестве колокольни собора доминиканского монастыря (после Реформации — церкви Выборгского сельского прихода). Новое назначение постройки стало причиной последующих переделок, исказивших её первоначальный облик. Оригинальный деревянный шпиль башни был уничтожен в последний день советско-финской войны 1939−1940 г., 13 марта 1940 года. Много лет здание стояло пустым и без кровли. В 1952 году в башне начались первые ремонтно-восстановительные работы. С 1997 года башня передана в аренду общине церкви Божьей Матери Державной и приспособлена под церковный музей.

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Klis Fortress

From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, becoming a royal castle that was the seat of many Croatian kings, to its final development as a large fortress during the Ottoman wars in Europe, Klis Fortress has guarded the frontier, being lost and re-conquered several times. Due to its location on a pass that separates the mountains Mosor and Kozjak, the fortress served as a major source of defense in Dalmatia, especially against the Ottoman advance, and has been a key crossroad between the Mediterranean belt and the Balkan rear.

Since Duke Mislav of the Duchy of Croatia made Klis Fortress the seat of his throne in the middle of the 9th century, the fortress served as the seat of many Croatia"s rulers. The reign of his successor, Duke Trpimir I, the founder of the Croatian royal House of Trpimirović, is significant for spreading Christianity in the Duchy of Croatia. He largely expanded the Klis Fortress, and in Rižinice, in the valley under the fortress, he built a church and the first Benedictine monastery in Croatia. During the reign of the first Croatian king, Tomislav, Klis and Biograd na Moru were his chief residences.

In March 1242 at Klis Fortress, Tatars who were a constituent segment of the Mongol army under the leadership of Kadan suffered a major defeat while in pursuit of the Hungarian army led by King Béla IV. After their defeat by Croatian forces, the Mongols retreated, and Béla IV rewarded many Croatian towns and nobles with 'substantial riches'. During the Late Middle Ages, the fortress was governed by Croatian nobility, amongst whom Paul I Šubić of Bribir was the most significant. During his reign, the House of Šubić controlled most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia. Excluding the brief possession by the forces of Bosnian King, Tvrtko I, the fortress remained in Hungaro-Croatian hands for the next several hundred years, until the 16th century.

Klis Fortress is probably best known for its defense against the Ottoman invasion of Europe in the early 16th century. Croatian captain Petar Kružić led the defense of the fortress against a Turkish invasion and siege that lasted for more than two and a half decades. During this defense, as Kružić and his soldiers fought without allies against the Turks, the military faction of Uskoks was formed, which later became famous as an elite Croatian militant sect. Ultimately, the defenders were defeated and the fortress was occupied by the Ottomans in 1537. After more than a century under Ottoman rule, in 1669, Klis Fortress was besieged and seized by the Republic of Venice, thus moving the border between Christian and Muslim Europe further east and helping to contribute to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The Venetians restored and enlarged the fortress, but it was taken by the Austrians after Napoleon extinguished the republic itself in 1797. Today, Klis Fortress contains a museum where visitors to this historic military structure can see an array of arms, armor, and traditional uniforms.

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