Attractions of Sevastopol

The picturesque Balaklava Bay is located on the southeastern outskirts of Sevastopol, officially part of the city. Until 1957, Balaklava was a separate settlement.

Known since the 8th century BC as a Taurian settlement. It was first mentioned by Homer as Lamos, the city of the Listryhons. In the 1st century, Roman troops displaced the Taurians and Scythians, and the Greek village of Yambol appeared in the bay. In the 14th century, the Genoese, who captured the coast, built the Chembalo Fortress on the top of Mount Kastron, which dominates the entrance to the bay (the towers and parts of the fortress wall have survived). In 1475, Balaklava Bay was captured by the Turks, who renamed it Balak-Yuve (in Turkish - "fish bag").

After the Crimean War, Balaklava became a remote town, then a small bohemian resort (Lesya Ukrayinka rested here).

In Soviet times, a unique underground submarine repair plant was built in Balaklava Bay. After Ukraine gained Independence, a private Naval Museum Complex "Balaklava" was opened on its basis. Nearby is the underground "Object-221" - an unfinished reserve command post of the Black Sea Fleet.

Cape Aya on the southern coast of Crimea is considered the conditional western border of the SCC.

It is a steep spur of the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains (the highest point of the cape is Mount Kokiya-Kala, 558 meters).

The state landscape reserve "Cape Aya" combines such natural attractions as the Batylyman tract, groves of Pizunda pine, tall juniper and Stankevych pine, as well as a coastal aqua complex near Cape Aya.

At the foot of the cape there are caves and the beach "Lost World", which can be reached from Balaklava only by sea.

Fiolent is a resort area on a picturesque cape in the Balaklava district of Sevastopol. The rocks are composed of rocks of volcanic origin. The ancient name of Cape Parthenium (Cape Virgo) is associated with the ancient Greek myth of Iphigenia, which was brought here by Artemis to become a priestess in the temple of the Virgin.

According to legend, the Apostle Andrew the First-Called set foot on Crimean soil here. According to another legend, in 890, during a storm, an image of George the Victorious appeared on a rock to three Greek sailors, in whose honor the rescued built a basilica and founded Saint George's Monastery.

The area attracts vacationers with Jasper Beach, developing tourist infrastructure, becoming an independent village.

Cape Sarych is the southernmost point of Ukraine and Crimea. It is located 5 kilometers west of Foros.

It is formed by a humped slope of the spur of the Baydarska Yayla, which descends in the south and is covered with sparse forests.

A navigation lighthouse was built on the edge of the cape in 1898. It is developing as an independent resort village.

Fortifications on Mount Kastron above the entrance to Balaklava Bay were built in the 14th century the Genoese who settled here.

On the mountain was the administrative part of the Chembalo fortress - the City of Saint Nicholas (Upper City or Citadel), below was the City of Saint George surrounded by three lines of walls (Lower or Outer City), where ordinary townspeople lived.

In 1475, the city was captured by the Turks, who renamed it Balak-Yuva. They remained the masters of Balaklava for three centuries before the conquest of Crimea by Russia. During the Crimean War, the British garrison was stationed here.

To our time, the Chembalo fortress has survived in ruins, but the silhouette of its towers on the slopes of the fortress has become a business card of Balaklava. Restoration work is underway, and the creation of a museum is planned. Visiting is free.

Laspi Bay is one of the resort and health zones of Sevastopol in the bay between capes Aya and Sarych, 12 kilometers from Foros. The name is translated from Greek as mud (in ancient times the tract was very wet from a large number of springs). The village of Laspi existed at the beginning of the 20th century on a hill 2.5 kilometers northeast of Cape Laspi.

Now on the coast there are boarding houses and recreation centers, tent camps of "savages". From the observation deck in the area of ​​the Laspi pass on the Sevastopol-Yalta highway, a beautiful view of Laspi Bay opens, a memorial plaque has been installed in honor of the builders of the new road.

The water aqueduct over the Chorna River in the village of Khmelnitskoe on the outskirts of Sevastopol was created in the 19th century as part of the city water supply.

Sevastopol has always experienced a lack of fresh water, and to solve this problem, in 1784 it was decided to lay a water main and bring water from a source located 8 kilometers from the city. However, there were not enough funds for such a large-scale construction, and it was completed only in 1837, when it was necessary to provide water to the dry docks in Sevastopol. The final project was developed by Admiral Mykhaylo Lazarev. Water tunnels were dug in the rocks by hand by soldiers, sailors and prisoners. Ceramic water pipes were made by local potters.

During the defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855, the Lazarev waterworks was destroyed, and they did not begin to restore it. Only fragments have survived. The most interesting of them is the Roman-type arched aqueduct in Khmelnitskoe. Its project was developed by engineer-colonel John Upton. The aqueduct in the form of a bridge over the Chorna River is 104 meters long.