The Swallow's Nest is a decorative castle located between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine. It was built between 1911 and 1912 in Gaspra, on top of the 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, to a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood. The castle overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast and is located near the remains of the Roman castrum of Charax.The Swallow's Nest is one of the most popular visitor attractions in the Crimea, becoming the symbol of the Crimea's southern coastline.
Read more here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow's_Nest
Read more here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow's_Nest
Thank you Kati for this wonderful card!
Sent: 3 September 2013, Received: 13 September 2013, Travelled: 9 days
