> The Swallow’s Nest [Castle] is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in the Crimean Peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood for the Baltic German businessman Baron von Steingel…
> The building is compact in size, measuring only 20 m (66 ft) long by 10 m (33 ft) wide. Its original design envisioned a foyer, guest room, stairway to the tower, and two bedrooms on two different levels within the tower. The interior of the guest room is decorated with wooden panels; the walls of the rest of the rooms are stuccoed and painted.
Beautiful! I have Ukrainian in my background but have never had much exposure at all to the culture, have never been, nor do I speak or understand the language.
Would love to connect with relatives.
Turns out…Putin, with all his bluster, just wanted to feel like a princess and get rescued from a castle by a brave knight. It’s cool big guy…we don’t kink shame here!
It is called “Swallow’s Nest” if translate in English, in Ukrainian language it will be “Ластівчине Гніздо” (Lastivchyne Hnizdo). It is located near Yalta city.
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Add Texas, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Colorado to Mexico.
US did it back in the 1800s . Russia doing it 2020s
What a beautiful picture. You can’t even see winds of war in it.
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Definitely Ukraine
Who spent $100 on an award? Send the money to Ukrainians in need of help.
Is that a lake or a river? Because I’d love it if it was called the *pitch goes up to falsetto* Crimea River.
I hope these landmarks don’t get destroyed in the case of a war.
Jesus no wonder Putin decided to annex it
Oh. This is why Russia wants it. Beauty.
That’s a, tiny castle, it’s like a, caravan sized castle.
Russia so beautiful.
Westeros
Bullshit, that’s Cair Paravel
Lol everyone here saying how beautiful this is but that is a fake castle.
It all makes sense now. Putin just really wants another Bond villain lair.
High fantasy lookin ass
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/s0OSaIq.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. [This source](https://www.alamy.com/yalta-crimea-russia-25th-nov-2020-an-aerial-view-of-the-swallows-nest-castle-opened-after-renovation-the-swallows-nest-castle-is-located-on-cape-ai-todor-in-the-village-of-gaspra-southern-crimea-credit-sergei-malgavkotassalamy-live-news-image386982010.html?irclickid=3ZS2aW2x%3AxyIT%3AMw-8w92znqUkGyBaSfIzLwVk0&irgwc=1&utm_source=77643&utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&utm_medium=impact) provides the following:
> IMAGE DETAILS
> Contributor: [ITAR-TASS News Agency](https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?cid=ES4X7ZAWPP749WN9VPC32U5QRN89UA3YGF7NKTPV4UUZDM5Q3SEYJV7EGCUPRJVH&name=ITAR-TASS%2bNews%2bAgency&st=12&mode=0&comp=1) / Alamy Stock Photo
> File size: 51.7 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)
> Releases: Model – no | Property – no Do I need a release?
> Dimensions: 5206 x 3471 px | 44.1 x 29.4 cm | 17.4 x 11.6 inches | 300dpi
> Date taken: 24 November 2020
> Photographer: [TASS](https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?pseudoid=%7b3B55089F-4EB6-4C69-AC59-3D29A03D207D%7d&name=TASS&st=11&mode=0&comp=1)
This is acatully pretty small. [Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4305344,34.1283188,3a,75y,50.76h,77.28t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPNEZ2gUbpuKWhQ9qsDbfQJnVTyCLp1437IxN-f!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPNEZ2gUbpuKWhQ9qsDbfQJnVTyCLp1437IxN-f%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya122.681755-ro-0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096) it is via Google Street View.
Per [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow%27s_Nest):
> The Swallow’s Nest [Castle] is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in the Crimean Peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood for the Baltic German businessman Baron von Steingel…
> The building is compact in size, measuring only 20 m (66 ft) long by 10 m (33 ft) wide. Its original design envisioned a foyer, guest room, stairway to the tower, and two bedrooms on two different levels within the tower. The interior of the guest room is decorated with wooden panels; the walls of the rest of the rooms are stuccoed and painted.
Looks like the castle in [Disenchantment](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/disenchantment/images/3/3b/Dreamland.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180817232010). it must have served as an inspiration
Ya Putin took Crimea while we all watched and handed out sanctions
We now see how much he cares about those
Beautiful! I have Ukrainian in my background but have never had much exposure at all to the culture, have never been, nor do I speak or understand the language.
Would love to connect with relatives.
Turns out…Putin, with all his bluster, just wanted to feel like a princess and get rescued from a castle by a brave knight. It’s cool big guy…we don’t kink shame here!
Not for long…
Crimea river (Justin Timberlake song)
That body of water that castle overlooks has been a strategic spot for as long as there have been governments.
It is called “Swallow’s Nest” if translate in English, in Ukrainian language it will be “Ластівчине Гніздо” (Lastivchyne Hnizdo). It is located near Yalta city.
looks like a castle from lotr
I mean…. I’d want that too.
It’s called Swallow’s Nest. Here it is on [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Swallow's+Nest/@44.4304782,34.1285226,19.35z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4094c78678024639:0xab730c5afd6ab04e!8m2!3d44.4304742!4d34.1283835).
*sorts by controversial*
No wonder Russia wanted to take over the Crimean peninsula…. It’s beautiful.
Putins wants a new winter castle apparently
That’s where you’re wrong bucko
-Russia
Every Russian on Reddit: *triggered*
Straight up out a videogame cover up! Astonishing!!!
No wonder Putin wants it so bad.
That’s like saying London, Rome.
Russia*
Damn no wonder all those Russian soldiers went on vacation there and then never left.
Bets on when there’s gonna be an update photo with a Russian flag?
wait ukraine? i thought it was russian terrirtory 
Crimea, The Ukraine.
Would be a shame if someone…took it