Cape of St. Elijah has long attracted tourists who come to Feodosia. The reason is simple - built here Ilyinsky lighthouse, one of the most romantic structures of the South Coast. Genoese fortress in conjunction with the lighthouse are Business Cards cities, so visiting them is a must. We recommend that you inspect the object after reading this article - so you can feel the spirit of this place, understand its history more deeply.

The object is located in the southeast of Feodosia. GPS coordinates: N 45.012644, E 35.421971. Especially for you, we marked Ilyinsky lighthouse in Feodosia on the map so don't get lost. From there, by the way, a gorgeous view of the sea opens, and the building itself deserves close interest.

lighthouse history

The end of the Feodosia Bay has long been a threat to ship captains, so the lighthouse has been working here for more than a century. Cape Ilya is surrounded by treacherous rocks, which are difficult to detect without outside help. A light indicating a safe path to the water area appeared on the cape 2.5 thousand years ago. Looking through the plan of Kafa, dated 1784, one can see the Greek chapel. The architects marked it with the phrase "once a coastal lighthouse", which indicates a long history.

Archaeologists have found that the first lantern arose on the slope of the cape in the 4th century BC. e. In those days, Greek, Scythian and Tauride tribes lived in the vicinity of Feodosia, subordinate to the Bosporan kingdom. When trading ships began to crash on the stones, the inhabitants of the policy decided to build a lighthouse. Further fate object is unknown, but there is an assumption that the lighthouse was destroyed. This led to the fact that in the Middle Ages ships continued to crash on the reefs of Cape Ilya.

In the 19th century, two died at once big ship- "Vladimir" and "Grand Duke Konstantin". In 1890, the main naval base Black Sea Fleet. The city turned into a military fortress, and it was necessary to move trade port. The choice fell on Theodosius. The bay here is very convenient, but the passage was hampered by reefs in the vicinity of Cape Ilya.

In 1894, the crew of the ship "Ingul" was instructed to calculate a place to install a lantern. The main problem for a long time was the financial issue. In 1897, Evdokia Rukavishnikova wished to finance the construction. The directorate of the lighthouses developed the drawings of the structure and assigned Alexei Polonsky, a technician, to lead the project. Here are a few more interesting facts about attractions:

1. The Ilyinsky lighthouse in Feodosia was completed in 1898.
2. Inside, lighting equipment of the "Swedish fire" category was used.
3. The sailors received the first notice of the operation of the lantern in 1899.
4. Initially, the building was wooden.
5. The fire was variable, with green and white flashes.

In 1912 the object was reconstructed. The lighthouse and goats became metal, the power of the lighting apparatus increased. The bell was replaced by a pneumatic siren. During the Second World War, the building was again destroyed. The current capital building dates from 1955.

Why this place attracts tourists

Interesting fact: it doesn't. In all guidebooks, the object is mentioned in conjunction with the cape on which it was installed. Now the attraction appears in the form of a white fifteen-meter tower, the top of which is crowned with a lantern cylinder. In 2006, a light-optical module was installed inside the cylinder, increasing the brightness of the glow.

The lighthouse tower is visible from anywhere in the Feodosiya Gulf. Relative to sea level, the height of the object is 65 meters. The LEDs are powered by a crystal oscillator that can operate autonomously for many days. Every three seconds a whitish flash appears, the pause between signals is 6 seconds. Here are the top reasons to visit the property:

1. This is a beautiful building that maintains the spirit of a seaside town.
2. In the film "Such beautiful people”, filmed in 2013, the lighthouse appears in the frame.
3. At night, semicircular window openings, illuminated from within, look bewitching.
4. There are regular tours to the tower.
5. From the cape there is a splendid view of the bay.

The activity of the lighthouse is controlled by a miniature computer. The control room is lined with oak paneling. To get from the room to the lantern structure, you need to get out onto a vertical ladder. Note that there are 18 lighthouses between Novorossiysk and Odessa. Of these, only four in their level can be compared with the main attraction of Feodosia.

The lantern is considered strategic object and carefully guarded. You will need special permission to get inside. On the territory of the facility there is a memorial plaque dedicated to Evdokia Rukavishnikova. Evgenia Gippius, the granddaughter of a woman patron, asked the city authorities to install this sign.

Useful information

Gathered to visit Ilyinsky lighthouse in Feodosia, a how to get there do not know? This attraction is away from historical center and habitual tourist routes. You will have to drive 20-25 minutes from the Museum of Free Flight by your own car. On the way you will meet the Tsvetaev Museum and the Tower of Constantine.

Public transport regularly runs to Cape Ilya. Arriving at the bus station, go to the nearest bus stop. Get on minibuses No. 14, 15, 1 and 2A - they all follow in the direction stopping point"City Hospital". leaving fixed-route taxi, walk along Korabelny Lane until you hit the Mayak SPK.

Then the open area begins, and you will have to go along the dirt road. This is a winding path that stretches for one and a half kilometers towards the cape. The military fortifications that are located nearby will serve as a guide for you. Many travelers come to the cape at night to make beautiful pictures illuminated from inside the lighthouse. Every year, hundreds of images of a white stone tower appear on the Internet, showing the way to sea captains.

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water areaBlack Sea CountryRussia, Russia/Ukraine Ukraine SubjectCrimea Cape Elijah Cape Elijah

Cape Ilya (Cape St. Elijah) - a cape protruding into the Black Sea tip mountain range Tepe-Oba in the easternmost part of the Crimean Mountains near the city of Feodosia, the western border of the Feodosia Gulf.

It is composed mainly of clays, conglomerates, sandstones and limestones. At the coastal edge there are pebble and pebble-boulder beaches.

On the cape there is a well-known in the Crimea Ilyinsky lighthouse.

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Literature

• "Feodosia" - Publishing Houses "ChernomorPRESS" and "Koktebel", 2008-229 c.+30 c. applications; ISBN 978-966-480-004-1

Notes

1. This geographical feature located on the territory of the Crimean peninsula, most of which is the object of territorial disputes between Russia, which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine. According to the federal structure of Russia, on disputed territory Crimea are the subjects of the Russian Federation - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol. According to the administrative division of Ukraine, the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with a special status of Sevastopol.
2. www.on-line.crimea.ua/guide/sea1.html Feodosia Bay, Cape St. Elijah, Cape Chauda

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An excerpt characterizing Cape Elijah

Kutuzov on Poklonnaya Hill , six miles from the Dorogomilovskaya outpost, got out of the carriage and sat down on a bench on the edge of the road. A huge crowd of generals gathered around him. Count Rostopchin, having arrived from Moscow, joined them. All this brilliant society, divided into several circles, talked among themselves about the advantages and disadvantages of the position, about the position of the troops, about the proposed plans, about the state of Moscow, and in general about military questions. Everyone felt that although they were not called to the fact that although it was not called that, but that it was a council of war. The conversations were all kept in the area of ​​general questions. If anyone reported or learned personal news, then it was said in a whisper, and immediately turned again to general questions: no jokes, no laughter, no smiles were even noticeable between all these people. Everyone, obviously, with an effort, tried to keep to the height of the position. And all the groups, talking among themselves, tried to keep close to the commander-in-chief (whose shop was the center of these circles) and spoke so that he could hear them. The commander-in-chief listened and sometimes asked again what was said around him, but he himself did not enter into the conversation and did not express any opinion. For the most part, after listening to the conversation of some circle, he turned away with an air of disappointment - as if they were talking about something completely different from what he wanted to know. Some spoke of the chosen position, criticizing not so much the position itself as the mental faculties of those who had chosen it; others argued that the mistake had been made earlier, that it was necessary to accept the battle on the third day; still others talked about the Battle of Salamanca, about which the Frenchman Crosar, who had just arrived, in a Spanish uniform, spoke about. (This Frenchman, together with one of the German princes who served in the Russian army, sorted out the siege of Saragossa, foreseeing the opportunity to defend Moscow in the same way.) In the fourth circle, Count Rostopchin said that he and the Moscow squad were ready to die under the walls of the capital, but that everything nevertheless, he cannot but regret the uncertainty in which he was left, and that if he had known this before, it would have been different ... The Fifths, showing the depth of their strategic considerations, spoke about the direction that the troops would have to take. The sixth spoke complete nonsense. Kutuzov's face became more preoccupied and sadder. Of all the conversations of these Kutuzov saw one thing: there was no physical possibility to defend Moscow in the full meaning of these words, that is, to such an extent it was not possible that if some crazy commander in chief gave the order to give battle, then there would be confusion and battles all it wouldn't have happened; it would not be because all the top leaders not only recognized this position as impossible, but in their conversations discussed only what would happen after the undoubted abandonment of this position. How could the commanders lead their troops on the battlefield, which they considered impossible? The lower commanders, even the soldiers (who also reason), also recognized the position as impossible and therefore could not go to fight with the certainty of defeat. If Bennigsen insisted on defending this position and others were still discussing it, then this question no longer mattered in itself, but mattered only as a pretext for dispute and intrigue. Kutuzov understood this.
Benigsen, choosing a position, ardently exposing his Russian patriotism (which Kutuzov could not listen to without grimacing), insisted on defending Moscow. Kutuzov clearly saw Benigsen's goal as clear as day: in case of failure of the defense, to shift the blame on Kutuzov, who brought the troops without a battle to Sparrow Hills, and in case of success, to attribute it to himself; in case of refusal, to purge oneself of the crime of leaving Moscow. But this question of intrigue did not occupy the old man now. One terrible question occupied him. And to this question, he did not hear an answer from anyone. The only question for him now was: “Is it possible that I allowed Napoleon to reach Moscow, and when did I do this? When was it decided? Was it really yesterday, when I sent the order to Platov to retreat, or on the evening of the third day, when I dozed off and ordered Benigsen to give orders? Or even before?.. but when, when was this terrible thing decided? Moscow must be abandoned. The troops must retreat, and this order must be given. To give this terrible order seemed to him one and the same thing as to refuse command of the army. And not only did he love power, got used to it (the honor given to Prince Prozorovsky, under whom he was in Turkey, teased him), he was convinced that the salvation of Russia was destined for him and that because only, against the will of the sovereign and according to the will of the people, he was elected commander in chief. He was convinced that he alone, and under these difficult conditions, could keep at the head of the army, that he alone in the whole world was able to know the invincible Napoleon as his opponent without horror; and he was horrified at the thought of the command he was to give. But it was necessary to decide something, it was necessary to stop these conversations around him, which were beginning to take on a too free character.

In this post I want to tell you about the most little-known cape of the Feodosia region, the description of which is not even on the Internet, the cape that bears the same name - Feodosia.

historical name Cape Feodosiya - Kaboyar.

Cape Theodosius, like Cape St. Elijah, is one of the extremities of the spurs of the Main Ridge Crimean mountains.

This little-known attraction is located right after wild beach called "Plague", which in turn lies in the southern outskirts of Feodosia called "Quarantine". This is the only cape located practically within the city.

To the northeast, from Cape Feodosia begins Feodosia Bay, and on the south side is Cape St. Elijah, followed by Dvuyakornaya Bay. These two capes form a small picturesque bay with a narrow wild beach.

bay beach, at the foot of Cape Theodosius and Cape St. Elijah, it is composed of rocks and pebbles. On the narrow coastline there are large boulders, gravel and pebbles.

Cape Feodosia has steep slopes light gray in color, which are composed of clay and slate rocks. The slopes of Cape Feodosia majestically descend directly to the beach of the bay and completely close it from the west and southwest from the winds.

The entrance to the sea on the beach of this bay is gentle, and the shallow bottom is covered with pebbles and gravel.

The vegetation of Cape Feodosia is scarce the slopes and adjacent hills are covered with mountain grasses. Trees are practically not observed, but in this place grows rare plant under the name of Turchaninov's bedbug. The plant, listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, is found only in the northeastern part of the coast from Feodosiya Quarantine Hill to the Cape of St. Elijah the Prophet. Also, along the ravines in the surrounding territories of Cape Feodosia, rose hips, blackthorn, blackberries, and hawthorn bushes grow.

Fauna of Cape Feodosia more varied than its vegetation. There are hares, foxes, various rodents, many different insects. Here you can see such unique snakes as the Crimean viper, tiger snake, snakes, as well as a rare lizard - yellow-bellied. You can meet such interesting and rare spiders as tarantula, scorpion, black widow and others. Great variety of birds. Owls, peregrine falcons, Crimean hawks, nightingales, gulls, cormorants, divers, ducks live in this area. As well as many small birds, such as goldfinch, siskin, greenfinch, titmouse, etc.

Fauna of the coastal zone of Cape Feodosiya are dolphins, katrans, stingrays, sea foxes and tongues, mullet, pilengas, striped mullet, sea ruff, sea bass, goby, greenfinch. There are clams mussels and rapana, shrimp, crabs, various algae and much more.

Previously, there was a post on Cape Feodosia a missile range, a post of radio engineering troops and a helipad. The area was guarded, and bathers on the beach of the cape bay
Theodosius often drove a detachment of border guards.

Currently these items have been removed. BUT coastline now belongs to vacationers who can swim and sunbathe carefree on this marvelous beach. No one will resist even the presence of divers who decide to get acquainted with the underwater beauties of these places, and there is something to see here, believe me. No one is outraged by the appearance in these places of lovers of sunbathing in the costume of Adam and Eve.

What an informative story about the cape, which almost no one paid attention to. I hope that this entry will encourage the desire of many tourists vacationing in Feodosia and the southeastern Crimea to get acquainted with this natural landmark and enjoy its beauties, hospitality and generous seafood to the fullest.

They are at the top of their list. Today I want to tell you about one of them, the most beautiful and romantic, with a good name - Cape Ilya.

Location, differences

The cape is located in the vicinity of Feodosia, in the bay. Is a part mountain range Tele-Both. The hilly formation attracts not only with its unique view, but also with the so-called local landmark, popular tourist attraction- "". The hill causes a storm of positive emotions, both while walking on it, and when viewed from the sea. It even seems to me that from a pleasure boat it looks even more impressive.

The first building to light the way for sailors appeared here in the late 1890s. During the Great Patriotic War, it was practically destroyed, but the area was "decorated" by bunkers. They can still be seen today, in the process of studying the territory.

The lighthouse, in the form in which we observe it today, appeared in the late 50s of the last century. Naturally, the hilly formation is interesting not only with a lighthouse and bunkers. There are a lot of legends around it, and it is they that attract many tourists.

Legends and true

The locals love to tell a legend about a merchant who was shipwrecked several times. Moreover, this happened precisely on the day of the Prophet Elijah, and he was the namesake of the saint. The merchant turned to him for help every time, he managed to avoid serious losses. The merchant, as a thank you, decided to build a chapel here. According to legend, it is in its place that the famous coastal luminary now flaunts.

It is difficult to say how true this story is, but the fact that stunning views of the Feodosiya Bay open from here is true. Tourists mostly come here just to admire them. Some prefer to relax on the wild beach at the foot.

Vacationers interested in the history of the peninsula as a whole. And the surroundings of Feodosia in particular, people come here to see the Scythian hills. By the way, during one of the excavations, they found ancient earrings, very fine handmade. Today they are a unique exhibit of our Hermitage, signed "Feodosia Earrings".

Remained on the territory and bunkers, from the time of the Great Patriotic War, some, they are called "Ilyinsky Batteries". True, no one took care of preserving this historical one. So it is quite likely that in a few decades there will be nothing to look at.

Tip: If you decide to spend time on the beach in the area, try not to leave any evidence of your stay. On the shore there are no benefits of civilizations, cleaners. Therefore, cleanliness is entirely up to you and me. By the way, there are excellent conditions for diving, if you are fond of this sport, be sure to take your equipment with you.

How to get to Cape Ilya

You can get here public transport, but some part of the path, about 2 km, will have to be walked. If this does not bother you, at the Feodosia bus station, take a fixed-route taxi No. 1, 2 or 2 "a". Get off at the City Hospital stop. You can just take a look. Deciding to continue on your way, move to the southeast for about two kilometers.

You can try to get there by hitchhiking, but it is more convenient to take your own car. If you are traveling by car, please refer to the map or GPS navigator. The exact location is marked below.. For those who do not have their own car, there is completely no desire to walk, just like getting on a ride, I recommend using excellent services.

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In my opinion, Cape Ilya is one of the most beautiful, romantic places Crimea. Especially in the evening when the lighthouse lights up its lights. If you care about virgin nature, gorgeous views, complete tranquility: be sure to visit this unique place. Have an amazing holiday everyone!

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