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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress

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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress or Akkerman fortress (Білгород-Дністровська фортеця, or Акерманська фортеця; Romanian: Cetatea-Albă; also known as Kokot) is a historical and architectural monument of the 13th–14th centuries. It is located in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in the Odesa Oblast of southwestern Ukraine, in the Budjak, the historical region of Bessarabia.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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