Tepe-Kermen ( Crimean-Tat. Töpe Kermen, Tope Kermen ) is a mountain-outlier in the Bakhchisarai region of Crimea . It is located 7 km southeast of Bakhchisarai , and 2 km northeast of the Kyz-Kermen settlement. Height 544 m. Climbing the mountain is easiest from the northern slope, from where 2 trails lead to the top.
| Tepe Kermen | |
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| Ukrainian Tepe-Kermen , Crimean Tat. Tope kermen | |
 View of Tepe Kermen from the north | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 540 m |
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| A country |
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| Mountain system | Crimean mountains |
The name Tepe-Kermen is of Turkic origin: in translation from Crimean Tatar it means “hill-fortress”, “fortress on top” ( töpe - hill, peak, kermen - fortress). The same name also refers to the remains of the medieval fortified city (according to other sources - the monastery) Tepe-Kermen, in several tiers covering the top of the mountain. The area of the cave city is about 1 ha.
In fact, it was not a city, but rather a castle fortress [2] , on the territory of which the population of the district was hiding from the enemy’s troops, which explains the lack of water sources.
The city existed from the VI to XIV centuries . The greatest prosperity reached in the XII - XIII centuries . The concentration of artificial caves is high - more than 230. There is a cave church of the 12th - 9th centuries with carved crosses, graves, inscriptions in Greek. Among the shrubbery and grass, traces of foundations are visible. The walls are not preserved. According to some versions, the death of the city is tied to the raid of the Golden Horde Beklyaribek Nogai in 1299 .
It is still not clear from what source the inhabitants of the city took water. Wells on the territory of Tepe-Kermen were not found, and all the famous springs are located at the very foot of the mountain.
Gallery
Maximilian Presnyakov. Table Mountain with the cave city of Tepe-Kermen at the top (2006)
Remnants of the home
Stone in the south
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the subject of territorial disagreements between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which the disputed territory is recognized by the international community. According to the federal structure of Russia , the subjects of the Russian Federation are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ Herzen, A. G. Doros - Theodoro (Mangup): from the Early Byzantine fortress to the feudal city // Antiquity and the Middle Ages. - Yekaterinburg: Publishing House Ural. University, 2003. - Vol. 34 . - S. 96–97 .
Links
- About Tepe-Kermen; photo gallery (link checked December 10, 2010)