📷Odessa history past and present. Quarantine Wall and Powder Tower

Take a walk through the streets of the city, and you, as if returned back to the past...I propose to take a walk in historical places
The quarantine arcade and the Powder Tower are located on the Suvorov avenue of the park. T. Shevchenko in Odessa is here
In 2014, the arcade and the Powder Tower were restored, they tried to restore it as it was before.

Let's get closer ... How many secrets, stories these walls conceal ... Almost 224 years passed after its construction. 

Odessa was not yet, but there was a settlement KhadjibeyAnd fortressYeni Dunya,Built in 1764 located on the shore of the bay near the Turkish settlement. Here is what the story says: :

 In 1789, Russian troops captured the fortress of Yeni Dunya. The Turkish fortress was destroyed and ceased to exist, but the Russo-Turkish war did not stop.
In 1793, they began to build a new fortress to protect the coast and control the sea access to the port. There were 5 bastions and 120 guns. Surrounded by ramparts and moats. The garrison of the fortress consisted of 2 thousand soldiers and officers.
In 1807, a quarantine was built. It was a long wall and two towers along its ends, two more walls down to the Quarantine harbor.

In 1811 the Fortress buildings and the territory of the fortress were handed over to Quarantine 

    There was not a single gunshot! :)

A round tower with windows ... The windows of the tower are returned to their original form - the shape of an ellipse

Round tower - steps and entrance

Entrance to the basement

  The Powder Tower  and the Quarantine Wall  l are made of Limestone , the length is 76.4 m  

 Old cannon and "window" panorama seaport :)

 Anchor!

At the end of May, here goes Odessa International Festival of medieval culture"Powder Tower". 

Supported by enthusiasts

The era of the Middle Ages. Ladies and knights in costumes. Handicraft fair.

Medieval dancing and music ... 

        Master-classes of folk craftsmen 

Walking ...and archery shooting :)

on the coals and fire cooked dishes  according to old recipes, all sorts of drinks.  

It boils, literally ...

There was also a knight tournament and a fire show, but unfortunately I could not capture it: ((

To be continued...

Photos taken by Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

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