Things to see in Kerch
Kerch is a city in Russian Federation, with an urban population of about 152 thousand. Below are 9 notable places within about 7 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Crimean Bridge Landmark
The Crimean Bridge, also called Kerch Strait Bridge or Kerch Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges, one for a four-lane road and one for a double-track railway, spanning the Kerch Strait between the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai in Russia and the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea.
2Panticapaeum History
Pantikapaion was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat.
3Mount Mithridat Nature
Mount Mithridat is a large hill located in the center of Kerch, a city on the eastern Kerch Peninsula of Crimea. It is 91.4 metres (300 ft) in elevation.
4Tsar's Kurgan History
The Royal Kurgan or Tsarskyi Kurgan from the 4th century BC, is one of the most impressive tumuli (kurgans) of the eastern Crimea. The burial barrow is located at Kul-Oba in present-day Kerch (Ukraine), which developed out of the ancient Greek town of Pantikapaion founded by Miletus.
5Church of St John the Baptist Place of worship
The Church of St John the Baptist (also known as Church of St John the Precursor) is a Christian church located in the city center of Kerch, Crimea.
6Myrmekion History
Myrmēkion or Myrmecium was an ancient Greek colony in Crimea. The settlement was founded in the eastern part of the modern city of Kerch, 4 km NE of ancient Panticapaeum on the bank of Kerch Bay near the Karantinny Cape.
7Tyritake History
Tyritakē was an ancient Greek town of the Bosporan Kingdom, situated in the eastern part of Crimea, about 11 km to the south from Panticapaeum.
8Lapidarium Museum
The Lapidarium is a lapidarium (museum) in Kerch, Crimea. It has a collection of samples of ancient art, containing items found during the excavation of the ancient Bosporan kingdom and other finds discovered on the territory of the Kerch Peninsula.
9Kerch Fortress History
Kerch Fortress (Fort Totleben) is a fortress in eastern Crimea, located on Cape Ak-Burun at the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait. Built in the 19th century, the fortress was originally intended to protect the southern border of the Russian Empire.
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