Hora "Zamkova"
Wooded hilltop park where a medieval fortress once stood, now dotted with old graves and river views.
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This guide to Castle Hill in Kyiv follows the Lithuanian-era wooden fortress that once crowned the hill above Podil, and the governor, Ivan Khodkevych, who held it at the end of the fourteen hundreds. It reaches out to a Crimean khan and a grand prince of Moscow with their own reasons to care about this hilltop. Best heard on the upper paths, looking down toward the river port.
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