Palace of Kalga-Sultan, Medieval palace ruins in Simferopol, Russia/Ukraine.
The Palace of Kalga-Sultan was a residential and administrative complex in Simferopol built along the Salhir River. It included government buildings and living quarters designed for the second-highest official of the Crimean Khanate.
The palace was built in the late 15th century as a residence for the Kalga-Sultan and was destroyed during the Russo-Turkish War of 1736. Following the incorporation of the Crimean Khanate into the Russian Empire in 1783, the site was abandoned and never rebuilt.
Kalga-Sultan was the title for the second-highest official in the Crimean Khanate. The palace location along the river reflects the power and status this administrator held within the state structure.
The ruins are located along modern Vorovsky Street between numbers 19 and 23 in Simferopol. The site is open and easy to access from street level, sitting on a relatively flat area near the riverbank.
After the palace was first destroyed in 1736, it was partially restored but then completely demolished again. A brewery later occupied the site, showing how this location changed from political power to industrial use over the centuries.
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