The ‘White City on the Dnister’ is an ordinary industrial port, but with an impressive fortress built by Moldavians, Genoese and Turks in the 13th to 15th centuries. Today, the castle is among Ukraine’s largest and best preserved. You can walk along most of the walls, which stretch nearly 2km in total.
Akkerman Fortress
Southern Ukraine
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4. History of Odesa Jews Museum
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