 ipac-en|audio=en-us-bar.ogg bar (uk: ; us: ), officially the city of bar (; ) is a town located on the rov river in the vinnytsia oblast (province) of central ukraine. it is the administrative center of the bar raion (district), and is part of the historic region of podolia. population: . ==history== thumb|left|roman catholic church, 1811 the city was a small trade outpost named the row from the 13th to 15th centuries, and it was described as the rov for the first time in 1401 (from other information sources in 1425). therefore, the city is 600 years old, and it celebrated the 600 years foundation anniversary in 2001. in the 16th century the polish queen bona sforza founded a fortress on the rocky outcrop above the river and named it bar in 1537, after her hometown of bari in italy. [[file:132454345267d.jpg|thumb|old picture of the old fortress, st. pokrovsky monastery and st. anna rome catholic cathedral
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