• The bitter fate of the fortress ruled by the Turks made the chronicler Miron Costin write that "the fortress of Tighina has darkened".
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • Bender Fortress (rom. Cetatea Bender (Tighína)) is an architectural monument of the XVI century. ... Address: Moldova, mun. Tighina (Bender), c. Bender.
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