The ruins of the fortress Khosta
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Khostinsky castle, located in the northeast of yew-boxwood groves, on the right bank of the Host - this is one of the main attractions of the region.

Khostinsky fortress, which can be seen today on the top of a rocky cliff - the remains of the ancient fortifications. The fortress belongs to the early medieval fortified area. It was built around VII - X Art. BC

Khostinsky fortress erected so that the eastern, northern and western part was protected by natural cliffs. The southern part was fortified defensive line from the wall of the shaft, the gate and three towers. During the construction of the wall was removed to the rocky soil of the site. Reducing them gradually, rather narrow tiers height of 5-6 m. At the top of the walls were decorated with the teeth. Masonry walls of stone blocks was carried out in compliance with the series in the shell, as well as backing from the broken stone on the solution of limestone with a mixture of gravel and sand of the sea.

Towers consisted of two or three tiers with the top combat platform and multi-storey wooden floors. The height of a three-storey tower is 11 m. The city gates were arched ceiling, stone threshold, wooden fence and a massive boardwalk canvas. Until the present day preserved fragments of walls and the remains of the four towers.

South-eastern corner of the fortress defended Khosta tower, preserved to a height of 4 to 5 m. On the west side of the tower there is a window-embrasure. Outside the south-eastern corner you can see the wall with a slot intended for a log bolt. The second tower, which has the shape of an irregular rectangle in the ground, is located in 45 meters from the first. In the eastern and the western wall of the tower features two tiers of slots. Each floor has a height of 1, 7-1, 8 m. The second and third tower shared by only 11 meters. Unfortunately, the last tower remained very bad. A little to the west of the gate in the wall of the fortress housed buttress who defended the gate. Just 10 meters away is the last tower, whose height was initially not less than 11 m.

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The ruins of the fortress Khosta