One of the Crimea’s oldest extant landmarks is Hansaray, in the town of Bakhchysaray, just under an hour north of Sebastopol. This romantic palace was built in the first half of the century for the Muslim Tatar khans who ruled the peninsula for centuries before Russia annexed it in 1783, and besides living quarters has a harem, a mosque, a cemetery, and gardens.
Read more about this and more in my post Ukraine Tourism and the War - Plus a Look at its Aweome Allures for Visitors.
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