The cave city of Tepe-Kerman.
the time allotted for inspection tourist facility for 2-3 hours
Getting From Simferopol
- From Simferopol railway station sent zlektrichki "Simferopol - Sevastopol." Should go to the station Bakhchisarai. Travel time - 40minut. Then - see "From Bakhchisarai on the bus".
- From bus station buses depart West "Simferopol - Sinapnoe." Travel time - 1 hour. Should go into the village Kudrin. Then - see "From the village of Kudrino foot."
- Take the highway Simferopol - Sevastopol (M 26) to Bakhchisarai: Distance - 32 kilometers. Then - see "From the car Bakhchisarai
Sebastopol
- From the Sevastopol railway station trains depart "Sevastopol - Simferopol." Should go to the station Bakhchisarai. Travel time - 1 hour 20 minutes. Then - see "From Bakhchisarai or bus."
- From Central and Northern bus stations send buses "Sevastopol - Bakhchisarai." Travel time - 40 minutes. Then - see "From Bakhchisarai on the bus".
- Stay on track Sevastopol - Simferopol (M 26) to Bakhchisarai. Distance - 48 miles
- Next - see "From Bakhchisarai on car."
Of Bakhchisarai
- From the bus Bakhchisarai-1 on the bus "Bakhchisarai - Sinapnoe" to get to the village Kudrino
- From Bakhchisarai to leave the Soviet Street in a southerly direction. Then follow the road laid down by the Kachin on the valley towards the village Sinapnoe. Passing through the village of Masha, the convolution with the landing gear left on a side road that leads to the foot of the mountain Tete-Kerman on the north side, from beginning to rise that plateau. Car can be parked at the foot of the mountain. From the village of Kudrino
- From the village go on foot to the north on a dirt road, going around the mountain Tete-Kerman to the east. The road will take you to the foot of the mountains on the north side, there nachinaeteya rise on the plateau. Distance - 2.8 miles.
The Settlement Kermsi Tepe (in translation from the Tatar fortress on the hill) to stay on top and slopes of the mountains, a detached outcrop, which rises above the valley of the Kachin for 225 yards. The height of vertical rock cliffs - 10-12 meters.
Gorodishe Tepe Krmen emerged on top of a mountain at the end of VI century. Prior to X-XI centuries a small fortress was used as a refuge for the inhabitants of the surrounding valleys. Urban life in Chala here originate in XIII-XIV centuries: there is a dense urban development, housing estates were built, the Christian churches and monasteries.
At the end of XIII-XIV centuries the city was subjected to the nomads, and then life in the city died away.
Settlement area is about 1 hectare. Despite its small size, found on the plateau 82 of artificial caves, and about 170 have been logged | in the slopes of Mt. Some cave systems have several layers. Often there are groups of caves, consisting of two, three and four rooms.
The rise of the plateau begins at the foot of Tepe-Kerman, with its northern extremity. From the south-west of Tepe-Kerman virtually inaccessible. By mid-century-old remnants of the road you will go to the rocky cliff, riddled with artificial caves. There was a cave church where you can climb the stairs hewn into the rock.
After about 20-30 feet, if we move along the cliffs to the west, in vertikalnoy breakage begins the third tier of caves. In the third cave on the left side of the road was the church of the XIII century - the church with sacristy. Interestingly, the altar apse of the temple separated from the rest of the wooden iconostasis of the church, the slots of which are visible in the walls.
In the floor of the temple hewn tomb, closed wooden lid. Places on the walls of the temple inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew - the names of the people.
Next to the remains of a path is carved into the rock stairs with badly damaged steps that leads to the plateau. In the northeastern part of the plateau is a large cave church with kreschalyaey, presumably arose I XI century. The Baptistery is located east of I cave. He is upbeat predstayalyaet rectangular area, I arranged a corner with a cruciform font depression.
According to the architectural, especially stlm church is not characteristic of medieval Taurica, special interest is the altar, situated at the north wall. He passed inside the temple and is a square area, fenced off well-preserved stone altar barrier with the surviving columns and capitals. Plates are decorated with rare altar barrier to Christian churches carved stone
From the church to move toward the southern tip of the settlement. Not far from the cliff on the southern Cape is the foundation of a great estate. To the north-east of the foundation is visible rounded notch. It was probably the apse of the temple ground XI-XIII centuries, is part of a large church complex.
From the southern Cape you can walk along the cliff and see the caves and the foundations of land buildings, located on the southwest and northwest slopes.
