Khotyn Fortress

Khotyn Fortress
Хотинська фортеця
Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast in Ukraine
Entrance view of the Khotyn Fortress
Coordinates	48°31′19″N 26°29′54″E / 48.52194°N 26.49833°E / 48.52194; 26.49833
Type	Fort
Site information
Website	https://khotynska-fortecya.cv.ua/index-en
Site history
Built	Fortress

The Khotyn Fortress (Ukrainian: Хотинська фортеця, Polish: twierdza w Chocimiu, Turkish: Hotin Kalesi, Romanian: Cetatea Hotinului) is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine. It lies within the historical region of northern Bukovina, a Romanian territory occupied in 1940 by the Soviet Union following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. The fortress is located near another famous defensive structure, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. Construction of the current stone Khotyn Fortress began in 1375. The fortress underwent significant improvements in the 1380s and in the 1460s under the Moldavian princes Alexander the Good and Stephen the Great.