page_title: Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast
section_title: Bar Fortress historic site
hierarchical_section_title: Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast / History / Bar Fortress historic site
caption_attribution_description: English: BELL TOWER AT ST POKROVSKY MONASTERY IN CITY OF BAR REGION OF VINNYTSIA STATE OF UKRAINE 20170819
context_page_description: Bar is a town located on the Riv River in the Vinnytsia Oblast of central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bar Raion, and is part of the historic region of Podolia. In 2015, the town's estimated population was 16,409.
context_section_description: The town has a historic site centered around the Bar Fortress, originally built in 1537 and later re-designed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. The fortress currently stands in ruins. The fortress was built on the Riv River, and the historic site is now surrounded by historic religious buildings, including cathedrals. The site also includes trails surrounded by trees.
  Reconstruction of the fortress was proposed at the 3rd International Scientific Conference, Bar's Land, Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives, in Bar in 2014.
caption: View of St. Pokrovsky Monastery's bell tower, as seen from the fortress
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