If you wish to plunge into the romance of the Middle Ages, the best place for it in the Crimea - the cave city of Eski-Kerman. Situated in the town southwest of the peninsula, near the modern village of Red Poppy. Interestingly place of Eski Kerman. The city is situated on a plateau mountains, located near the village. The plateau has a fairly decent length - more than a thousand meters and its width reaches a hundred and seventy feet.
name Eski Kerman translates to an old fortress. Dug this city was in the sixth century. All kinds of people did not see the ancient city! According to archaeologists, at different times of the Goths lived here, taro-Scythians, Greeks, and Alans. The city was built on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. It is known that by the end of his reign, the emperor decided to strengthen approaches to the city of Chersonesus. It was then and there, among the Eski-Kerman two powerful fortress - Mangup Kale and Kale Chufut.
Anyone who goes to these places, amazing ancient cave temples. In general, this city is unique if for no other reason that it is in conjunction with the burial structures. It is not surprising that after visiting the Eski Kerman particularly impressionable people may even appear in social networks sad status. After all, how many people lived here, loved, born and died. And, what is striking only because the terms of such scenic views, and they had to hide in caves.
Eski Kerman - the fortress, which is well known for a long time. For example, the first data on the basilica, located in the cave town dated to 1578 year, when Martin visited the fortress Bronevsky. Even then, he said that the fort in decline, although all circles say that once she was powerful and, of course, rich.
And now we come here to touch the history of this unique land whose name - Crimea.