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Mount Ai-Petri is a mountain peak of the Ai-Petri mountain range, the most famous Crimean mountain (1234 meters), the territory of the Yalta Mining and Forest Reserve.

It rises above Alupka and Koreiz. The white teeth that form the unique silhouette of Mount Ai-Petri consist of four large (12-15 meters high) and a number of small vertical peaks that were formed during the weathering of heterogeneous reef limestones.

Until the 15th century, the Byzantine church of Saint Peter, from which the name comes, was located on the top of Ai-Petri mountain.

A high-altitude weather station, founded in 1895, is located here, as well as the Ai-Petri meridian - a metal globe on a granite base.

The viewing platforms offer the largest panorama of the Black Sea coast of Yalta.

Tourists arriving on the mountain are served by a semi-legal business: excursions to the "Yaltynska" and "Tryochochka" caves, horseback riding, and teahouses with Tatar cuisine. Skiing infrastructure is being developed.

The cable car "Mishor - Ai-Petri" with the longest unsupported span in Europe was built on Ai-Petri. A road with a steep serpentine leads from Yalta, further to Bakhchysarai.

The Silver Gazebo is a rotunda erected on Mount Pendikyul (865 meters above sea level) in honor of the completion of the construction of the Yalta-Bakhchysarai road, which lasted from 1864 to 1894.

The construction was supervised by military engineer Ivan ​​Shyshko, after whom one of the Ai-Petri rocks is named. The construction was carried out manually by soldiers of engineering units.

The Silver Gazebo offers a magnificent view of Yalta and the surrounding area, a magnificent centuries-old pine forest at the foot of Mount Pendikyul, and the forested peak of Mount Mohabi.