The city of Khmelnitsky oblast.
Kamenets Podolskiy (also spelled Kamenets Podolsky, Kamianets Podilskyi, Kamyanets Podilsky) is a city situated in Khmelnitsky oblast of Ukraine, about 101 km from region administrative center Khmelnitsky city. Kamenets Podolskiy is one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine.
Kamenets Podolskiy city population is about 102,000 (2010).
The phone code of the city is +380 3849; the postal codes are 32300-32318.
Kamenets Podolskiy was first time mentioned in 1062. That time it was a fortress of Kievan Rus state. Mongol Tatar forces destroyed Kamenets Podolskiy fortress in 1241. Polish state army captured town in 1352. Kamenets Podolskiy town fortress was expanded and reconstructed to defend Polish state from the southwest.
The castle was continually enlarged and in the 17th century it became the strongest in the Polish-Lithuanian state. Various iron cannon balls can be still found in the ruins of the castle as a result of numerous sieges.
In 1793, after the Second Partition of Poland, Kamenets Podolskiy town became the part of Russian Empire and capital of Podolskaya Guberniya. Peter the Great, famous Russian Tsar, visited Kamenets Podolskiy fortress two times and was impressed by its fortifications. In 1915 Kamenets Podolskiy was captured by Austria-Hungary army.
After the October revolution of 1917, Kamenets Podolskiy was part of several short-lived Ukrainian states. After the Russian Civil War Kamenets Podolskiy city was joined to Ukrainian SSR under the Soviet Power. In 1941 one of the first and largest mass murders of Holocaust (about 23,600 victims) occurred near Kamenets Podolskiy.
Kamenets Podolskiy city, Ukraine street
Kamenets Podolskiy city street
Kamenets Podolskiy city hall
In 1996 National natural park “Podolskiye Tovtry” was formed. Restoration of historical objects of the Old town began. Kamenets Podolskiy began to be frequently visited by tourists from abroad. Since September, 1999, the stage of Ukraine car race championship takes place in the city every year.
There are a lot of small private hotels in Kamenets Podolskiy. There are also apartments to rent. Public transportation is presented by buses and mini buses.
Thanks to unique combination of historical, architectural, town-building heritage, the river Smotrich canyon landscapes, the “Old town (Kamenets Podolskiy)” is declared a state historical and architectural reserve. There are about 200 buildings and constructions of 11th-19th centuries. Powerful fortifications of the “Old town”, a fortress and a fortress bridge, a combination of cult constructions make an unforgettable impression.
Almost wholly preserved historical center without architectural sites of 20th century is the greatest value. The old fortress is the main place of interest in Kamenets Podolskiy. Its first constructions refer to 11th-12th centuries while the main fortifications - to 16th-17th centuries. The fortifications in Kamenets Podolskiy are considered the wonderful sample of best fortifications in Eastern Europe.
It’s worth mentioning St. Apostles Peter and Paul Polish cathedral (16th-18th centuries) and a Turkish minaret near it, Francisco Polish church (14th-18th centuries), town hall (14th-19th centuries) and Armenian Nickolas church (14th century).
There are 2 exhibition halls, museums of ethnography (Zamkovaya, 1), history (Ioanno-Predtechenskaya, 2), art (Pyatnitskaya, 11). One can visit a botanic garden. The old center is located on a peninsula surrounded by a canyon with the river Smotrich (the Dniester tributary) flowing on its bottom.
The old town is linked with the central part of Kamenets Podolskiy with Novoplanovy bridge. Precipitous rocky banks of the river Smotrich attract mountaineers to Kamenets. Recently restored Alexandro-Nevsky church in neo Byzantine style became a place of interest in Kamenets Podolskiy as before revolution.
Kamenets Podolskiy is unique in many things: The highest bridge in Europe without piers, the largest in Europe National natural park “Podolskiye Tovtry”, the 3rd place in Ukraine after world-known Kiev and Lviv in number of architectural monuments, rocks in the very center of the city, fairly well-developed tourist infrastructure.
Rich history of Kamenets Podolskiy and its outskirts, interesting fests and festival, competitions in aeronautics which already became traditional, festivals of historical reconstruction groups, convenient location - (100 km to Khmelnitsky and 100 km to Chernovtsy), good service of tourist organizations, restaurants and hotels, active types of recreation provided by ideally suitable landscape, rural tourism made Kamenets Podolskiy attractive for Ukrainian and foreign tourists.
Kamenets Podolskiy city wooden church
Kamenets Podolskiy city Catholic church
Kamenets Podolskiy city monument
Kamenets Podolskiy city, Ukraine church
Kamenets Podolskiy city church
Kamenets Podolskiy city cathedral
Kamenets Podolskiy city castle view
Kamenets Podolskiy city castle
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