Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer)
Chufut-Kale is a medieval city-fortress in the Crimean Mountains that now lies in ruins. It is a national monument of Crimean Karaites culture just 3 km east of Bakhchysarai.Photo: Fax62machine, Public domain.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Shrubland
- Description: historic fortress in Crimea
- Also known as: “Chufut-Kale” and “Çufut Qale”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery and Balta Tiimez.
Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dormition Monastery of the Caves, otherwise known as Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery, or Uspensky Cave Monastery is located in Crimea, near the town of Bakhchysarai. It is a cave monastery carved out of a cliff, thought to have been founded in the 8th century. Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery is situated 1 km west of Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer).
Balta Tiimez
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balta Tiimez is a cemetery, which is situated 800 metres southeast of Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer).
Tahtali-Jami Mosque
Mosque
The Tahtali-Jami Mosque is located in Bakhchysarai, Crimea. In Crimean Tatar, Tahtalı Cami means "wooden mosque."… Tahtali-Jami Mosque is situated 3 km west of Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Русская слободка and Kudrino.
Русская слободка
Neighborhood
Photo: Юровский Александр, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Русская слободка is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km west of Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer).
Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer)
- Categories: fortress, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
44.74118° or 44° 44′ 28″ northLongitude
33.92337° or 33° 55′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8GPMPWRF+F8OpenStreetMap ID
way 93753131OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubWikidata ID
Q1017178
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yakut—“Chufut Kale (Qırq Yer)” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Չուֆութ Կալե”
- Azerbaijani: “Çufutqala”
- Bosnian: “Čufut kale”
- Bulgarian: “Чифут кале”
- Catalan: “Çufut Qale”
- Catalan: “Txufut Kalé”
- Catalan: “Txufut Kalè”
- Chechen: “Чуфут-ГӀала”
- Crimean Tatar: “Çufut Qale”
- Crimean Tatar: “Qırq Yer”
- Croatian: “Chufut Kale”
- Croatian: “Cufut Qale”
- Croatian: “Çufut Qale”
- Czech: “Çufut Qale”
- Dutch: “Chufut-Kale”
- Esperanto: “Ĉufut-Kaleo”
- Esperanto: “Ĉufutkaleo”
- French: “Çufut Qale”
- French: “Cufut-Kalé”
- German: “Cufut Kale”
- German: “Cufut Qale”
- German: “Çufut Qale”
- German: “Tschufut Kale”
- Hebrew: “צ’ופוט-קלה”
- Hungarian: “Csufut-Kale”
- Irish: “Chufut-Kale”
- Italian: “Chufut-Kale”
- Japanese: “キルク＝エレ”
- Japanese: “クルク・イェル”
- Japanese: “チュフトカレ”
- Latvian: “Čufutkale”
- Lithuanian: “Čufut Kalė”
- Lithuanian: “Čufut–Kale”
- Macedonian: “Чуфут Кале”
- Polish: “Czufut Kale”
- Polish: “Czufut-Kale”
- Romanian: “Çufut Qale”
- Russian: “Джуфт Къале”
- Russian: “Джуфт-Кале”
- Russian: “Джюфт-Кале”
- Russian: “Кырк-Ер”
- Russian: “Кырк-Ор”
- Russian: “Чуфут Кале (Къыркъ Ер)”
- Russian: “Чуфут Кале”
- Russian: “Чуфут-Кале”
- Russian: “Чуфуткале”
- Serbian: “Чуфут кале”
- Slovenian: “Čufut-Kale”
- South Azerbaijani: “چوفوت-قلعه”
- South Azerbaijani: “چوفوت-کئیل”
- Spanish: “Çufut Qale”
- Swedish: “Çufut Qale”
- Swiss German: “Tschufut-Kale”
- Tatar: “Чуфут-Кале кальгасы”
- Tosk Albanian: “Tschufut-Kale”
- Turkish: “Çıfıt Kale”
- Turkish: “Çufut Kale”
- Turkish: “Çufutkale”
- Ukrainian: “Кирк-Ор”
- Ukrainian: “Чуфут Кале (Къиркъ Єр)”
- Ukrainian: “Чуфут-Кале”
- Uzbek: “Chufut qalʼa”
- Yakut: “Чуфут-Кале”
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