• It relates, referring to the Ottoman conquests of 1538, that the Turkish sultan Süleyman "took possession of the Moldavian fortress Tighina."[1].
  • One of the most powerful elements of the grand defensive system of medieval Moldova is the Tighina Fortress.
  • During the Russian - Turkish wars the Tighina Fortress was three times conquered by the Russian armies (in 1770, 1789 and 1806).
  • Overlooking the Dneister river, the fortress is within the buffer zone between Moldova and separatist state, Trans Dniestra.
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  • Tighina Fortress (renamed by the Turks as Bender) is a 15th-century fortress on the right bank of the Dniester River in Bender, Moldova, built from earth and wood...
  • The Tighina Fortress, also known as Bender Fortress, is a historic fortress located here in the city of Bender, Transnistria.
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  • Moldova Fortresses: Cetatea Tighina. Situated on the steep bank of the Dniester, surrounded by a deep fosse of defense, there stands Tigina fortress...