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Micha Jelisavcic
John Sloan

Genoese fortress, sea port, and trading station on Crimean coast. It was from this Genoese port, then under Tatar siege, that the ships carrying the Bubonic Plague departed for the Mediterranian spreading the "Black Death" from Sicily into Italy and France. During previous centuries under Greek and Byzantine rule it was known as Theodosia. It is location of modern city, Feodosia. Here we show a few photos from our educational visit in summer 1997. This section is still under construction.

History

Here we have the article on Theodosia from the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. And here is the entry on Kerch. See information collected so far for history of Sudak and under Crimea.

Illustrations

	Photo number	Description
		Corner tower of citadel
		Area between citadel and southern outer city wall on ridge
		Section of city outer wall between citadel and southern city limits, military zone beyond
		A section of the medieval city wall.

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