Charax
Charax is the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea. It was sited on a four-hectare area at the western ridge of Ai-Todor, close to the modern tourist attraction of Swallow's Nest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: Roman military settlement in Crimea
- Also known as: “Characena”, “Characeni”, “Charax, Crimea”, and “Kharaks”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swallow’s Nest and Ai-Todorsky lighthouse.
Swallow’s Nest
Museum
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Swallow's Nest is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre-high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood for Pavel Leonardovich von Steingel, a Russian noble with German roots. Swallow’s Nest is situated 1 km east of Charax.
Ai-Todorsky lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Ai-Todorsky lighthouse is situated 710 metres southeast of Charax.
Kharaks Palace
House
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Kharaks Palace is a house, which is situated 390 metres south of Charax.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaspra and Kurpaty.
Gaspra
Town
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Gaspra, officially transliterated Haspra, is a spa town, an urban-type settlement in Yalta Municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. It is located on the Black Sea coast, west of Yalta, and is a popular holiday resort.
Kurpaty
Town
Photo: Dimant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kurpaty is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
Koreiz
Town
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koreiz is an urban-type settlement lying south-west of Yalta in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
Charax
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gorodskoy okrug Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Charax”. Photo: Cambronn, CC BY-SA 3.0.