Forts from Moldova

Anyone who planned to visit Moldova or just happen to hang there I recommend to watch this enchanting, small fort had no GEC-layer "i"-mark up till now.

The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona. It is known for its well-preserved stronghold, established by the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ştefan cel Mare) in 1499.

The original wooden fort, which defended a ford over the Dniester (Moldovan/Romanian: Nistru), was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts (e.g. Akkerman and Khotin) on the Dniester, two forts on the Danube and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldova. Between 1543 and 1546 under the rule of Petru Rareş, the fortress was rebuilt in stone as a perfect circle with five bastions situated at equal distances.



During the Great Turkish War, John Sobieski's forces successfully defended the fortress against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the Pruth Campaign of Peter the Great in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). The Soroca fortress is an important attraction in Soroca, having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day.

read full article on wikipedia

For more great photos check your GE Photo-layer!

Fort Soroca.kmz (1.26 KB)

That one is interesting and is the second one in Moldova, the other being Bendery Fortress, a demolished site. You can still see the bastions and defense walls.

Hi nightsky and welcome to the GE community!

Soroca fort was an accidental find of mine, but looked so cool, I have decided to make it a post here.

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Have you mentioned the other fortress at Bender? How do you mean that is demolished?

I mean, obviously it could have been demolished (several times) while was in duty, but today it looks to be a fully renovated museum complex:



Bendery Fortress - Historical military memorial complex - exactly. (Just as I have tried a search.)

Bendery fortress.kmz (736 B)

There was no GEC layer mark on GE so it also did worth a placemark attachment here on board, and as an additional side effect, I had to change thread title as well...! (;


Thanks and Best!

G

Hi syzygy
Thank you for the welcome
It's great to find this forum, I'm excited to find conversations on circles, squares, mounds, forts and anomalys inbetween 
Really love the work you have been doing, your kmz's are excellent.
I'm working on a kmz for circles in ireland and the UK at the moment. With up to 50,000 in ireland alone, my kmz will be just skimming the surface but I hope to learn more about them in the process.

The fort is not the castle in the image below
zoom out a little ....It is the surrounding walls and bastions
three bastions visable
See old map below
heres the map link
digitool.is.cuni.cz:1801/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=821956.xml&dvs=1589223708404~647&locale=en_GB&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=3&divType=



The river next to it is now called Dniester

May 11, 2020 18:57:39 GMT nightsky said:

...It's great to find this forum, I'm excited to find conversations on circles, squares, mounds, forts and anomalys in between...

Our pleasure!

Now here you are # circles # squares # mounds # forts # and an anomaly by this first round...(;

Hope you find these useful!

May 19, 2020 7:59:30 GMT syzygy said:

May 11, 2020 18:57:39 GMT nightsky said:

...It's great to find this forum, I'm excited to find conversations on circles, squares, mounds, forts and anomalys in between...

Our pleasure!

Now here you are # circles # squares # mounds # forts # and an anomaly by this first round...(;

Hope you find these useful!

Beautiful, thank you! I'll take some time to go through them all, I appreciate the easy links.
I have not yet ventured out of Ireland in terms of circles. I'm excited to look through your finds.
I'm a part of a group who have compiled over 8000 forts on GE, many with map overlays, and more forts are still being added. 
I'll be able to post the kmz here once it's released by those creating it, hopefully later this year.
Thanks again 

Hey folks,

My own research shows there's only 4 forts in all of Moldova. This makes sense when you consider that for most of its history it was just a tiny part of various other countries, and not necessarily a widely contested area. Plus the river is the only real defensive line. Only the Vatican, San Marino, Andorra, and Monaco have fewer fortifications within Europe.

The ones I have are: Orhei Fort (47.309584° 28.973578°); Orhei settlement fort (47.301148° 28.972667°); and the aforementioned Bender/Tighina fortress and Soroca fort.

Hi Jaco!

Nice to see you around!

Thanks for the few forts that were still missing from my lists! (:

Quickly you have put this thread to an end...! (:

At least, collection work is done as it seems - if You say that there are no more forts, then there are no more forts! (;

Best! 
G