Keywords: Cave City.jpg Deutsch In den Fels gehauene Höhlen in der ehemaligen Festungsstadt Çufut Qale auf der Krim Ukraine Cave in the ruins of the old city of Çufut Qale sometimes spelled as Chufut Kale a historic fortress in Crimea near Bakhchisaray Its name is Crimean Tatar and Turkish for Jewish Fortress çufut/çıfıt - Jew qale/kale - fortress Çufut Qale was historically a center for the Qaray karaïts of crimea community In the Middle Ages the fortress was known as Qırq Yer Place of Forty and as Karaites to which sect the greater part of its inhabitants belong Sela' ha-Yehudim The Rock of the Jews en Image Cave_City jpg 2006 Peter Ashton en User Fax62machine Fax62machine Çufut Qale |