Bakhchisarai

E36310

former capital historic town town

Bakhchisarai is a historic town in Crimea that served as the political and cultural center of the Crimean Tatar khans, renowned for its palaces, mosques, and oriental architecture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bakhchisarai canonical	17
Bakhchysarai	2
Бахчисарай	2
Bakhchisarai valley	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former capital ⓘ historic town ⓘ town ⓘ
architectureStyle	Crimean Tatar architecture ⓘ Ottoman-influenced architecture ⓘ
capitalPeriod	16th century to late 18th century (approximate) ⓘ
climate	temperate continental with maritime influences ⓘ
contains	Bakhchisaray Palace ⓘ Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city) ⓘ Fountain of Tears ⓘ Hansaray ⓘ Khan's Palace ⓘ Uspensky Cave Monastery ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russia (de facto) Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukraine (de jure, internationally recognized)
elevation	approximately 300 metres ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Crimean Tatars ⓘ
foundedBy	Crimean Khanate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	Crimean Tatar traditions ⓘ Islamic art ⓘ Ottoman-era urban layout ⓘ
heritageStatus	important Crimean Tatar cultural heritage site ⓘ
historicalRole	cultural center of the Crimean Tatars ⓘ political center of the Crimean Khanate ⓘ
knownFor	historic old town ⓘ mosques ⓘ oriental architecture ⓘ palaces ⓘ
languageCurrentlyUsed	Crimean Tatar language ⓘ surface form: Crimean Tatar Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed	Crimean Tatar language ⓘ surface form: Crimean Tatar Ottoman Turkish (administrative) ⓘ
locatedIn	Bakhchisarai Raion ⓘ Crimea ⓘ Crimea ⓘ surface form: Crimean Peninsula
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Çürük Suv River ⓘ
region	Southern Coast of Crimea ⓘ surface form: Southern Crimea
religionHistoricallyDominant	Islam ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Khan's Palace ⓘ surface form: Khan's Palace museum complex
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
transportConnection	railway station on Simferopol–Sevastopol line ⓘ road links to Simferopol ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Crimean Khanate ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crimean Khanate → capital → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Crimean Tatars → historicalCapital → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bakhchysarai

Crimean Mountains → nearbyCity → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bakhchysarai

Giray → capital → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Bakhchisarai Raion → hasAdministrativeCenter → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Bakhchisarai Raion → hasHistoricTown → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Bakhchisarai Raion → containsSettlement → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Hansaray → locatedIn → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Bakhchisaray Palace → locatedIn → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Khan's Palace → locatedIn → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Uspensky Cave Monastery → locatedIn → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Uspensky Cave Monastery → hasView → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bakhchisarai valley

Meñli I Giray → deathPlace → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Meñli I Giray → burialPlace → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Meñli I Giray → capitalEstablishedAt → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Meñli I Giray → residence → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Bakhchisaray → hasNameInRussian → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Бахчисарай

Bakhchisaray → hasNameInUkrainian → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Бахчисарай

Devlet I Giray → residence → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Devlet I Giray → capitalOfRealm → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Çürük Suv River → flowsThrough → Bakhchisarai ⓘ

Çürük Suv River → hasHistoricSignificanceFor → Bakhchisarai ⓘ