2026-05-03

Completed 1st May 2026

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Swallow's Nest, Crimea

  Ukraine: Ластівчине гніздо

The Swallow's Nest is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre-high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic style for Pavel Leonardovich von Steingel, a Russian noble with German roots. The building is compact in size, measuring only 20 m long by 10 m wide. 

Restoration of the building began in 1968. The project involved the restoration of a small portion of the castle and the addition of a monolithic console concrete plate to strengthen the cliff.

 

 Swallow's Nest is depicted on a coin of the National Bank of Ukraine.

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Jigsaw puzzle by Step Puzzle (Russia) 

 

 


 

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