The Genoese fortress Cembalo towers above the Balaklava bay since 1357, and to this day looks majestic. Cembalo occupies most of the Serf Mountain (in Greek, Castron), which has the form of an irregular quadrangle. The fortress has 3 defensive walls, and from the sea - impregnable precipice.

It is supposed that the fortress was erected on the site of an earlier Byzantine fortification. All the fortifications are made up of local rubble stone in the lime mortar - the construction is so reliable that the devastating earthquake of 1927 did not inflict virtually no damage to the fortress. It was the worst hit in the times of the Great Patriotic War.

Address: Historical Street, 2. Enter 20 hryvnias

Genoese fortress Cembalo

Reviews about the Genoese fortress Cembalo (2)

Evaluation 9

Following the tracks of the ancient Genoese June 11, 2014

Ruslana

was here in August 2013

There is not much left of the Genoese fortress in Balaklava, it almost all collapsed. In the XIV century, the fortress consisted of sixteen towers and was completely unassailable. In 2008, as a result of bad weather, the only surviving tower collapsed. Now it is being restored and for these needs take 20 hryvnia, although before the entrance to the territory of the historical monument was free. But we decided that there is no point in entering the reserve territory. You can just climb the stairs from the end of the embankment and quite ... Read the full review

Evaluation 7

The main historical site of Balaklava November 12 2013

Kotiatin

was here in August 2012

Genoa fortress Cembalo - decoration of Balaklava, it from its height reminds this part of Sevastopol about its historical past, that more than 600 years ago, Ali Genoese and erected fortifications. You can see it from the more distant part of Balaklava, adjacent to the Embankment named after Nazukin, and from the sea, if you swim from Balaklava towards the Golden and Silver beaches. Quite good photos of the fortress are obtained from the opposite side of the Balaklava bay, I mean the region ... Read full review