Pages: 47-97

The author publishes all archaeological materials collected during excavations in 1927—1928 and 2006 on a fortification on Kordon-Oba Mount (Eastern Crimea, Feodosia Municipal Council’s territory). The site was attributed based on written, cartographic and archaeological sources. The castle was built by the Genoese administration of Kaffa in the second half of 14th c. and ceased to exist after the Ottoman conquest of the Genoese lands in the Crimea in 1475. The castle took its name — Kaliera — after the nearest medieval locality. The author questions why this castle was built and why it was built here.

Keywords: Eastern Crimea, Genoese Gazaria, Kaliera, Genoese Castle, Caffa, glazed pottery, historical geography.

Information about author:

Serghei Bocharov (Simferopol, Crimea). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Russian Federation; Crimea Branch of Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.Yaltinskaya St., 2, Simferopol, 297800, Crimea
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