Castle Hill in Stavropol - the historic center, a place of the city's founding. The fortress, built in 1777, in his position is central to the chain of fortresses of the Azov-Mozdok defensive line. Readiness fortress was checked by the great Russian commander AV Suvorov. The fortress had the shape of an elongated rectangle placed at the corners of the bastions, a moat and rampart. It occupies the entire mountain fortress was impregnable.

In 1779 in addition to the strengthening of various structures housed barracks for fourteen dragoons. From the east and south, near the fortress were a soldier and a village settlement, the Armenian quarter and philistine Suburb, which in 1785 together formed the city of Stavropol.

By the middle of the XIX century. Stavropol fort ceased to fulfill its military purpose. On the territory of strengthening civic buildings were different - Treasury philistine house, fire department and the district school. In the western part of the defensive structure was erected housing the Alexander girls' school, barracks and fortress, standing nearby, adapted for shelter.

In 1849, after in 1843 he declared the center of Stavropol Caucasian Diocese, at the top of Castle Hill was built the Cathedral of the Kazan Mother of God, which is the patroness of the city. In 1867, near the cathedral was erected high (about 90 m) bell tower.

Its urban development value of Castle Hill lost with the arrival of Soviet power, first of all it is connected with the demolition of the Kazan Cathedral in the 1930s and the bell tower in 1943. From the temple complex was only a few reworked cascading staircase leading to the cathedral. In 1967, at the bottom of the stairs to the communal grave of soldiers of the opening of the memorial "Eternal Glory". On the 200th anniversary of the city also opened a monument to Suvorov and "Suvorov tent." Later, on the site of a destroyed cinema "Rodina", the square was set summer concert venue.

In September 2000, at the opening of the Castle Hill in Stavropol symbol name - the monument "Cross."