Mount Tsetsino, Chernivtsi

Want to visit the highest point of Chernivtsi? Then you should go up to the mountain Cecino, which is located in the western part of the city, or rather on its outskirts. Its height is 538 meters.

This is the right place to enjoy the beautiful nature. In winter you can go skiing. For these purposes on top there is a sports and health complex with the same name.

Mount Cecino has a rich past.Even the Galician princes built a fortress here. Over time, it passed into the possession of Peter I Mushat, lord of the Moldavian principality. For several centuries in a row, legends and legends were built about the impregnable fortress.

Unfortunately, the fortification itself was destroyed at the end of the 15th century, and the remains of the castle were razed to the ground in 1961 during the construction of a television tower here. To preserve unique places, on these lands was laid Tsetsinsky landscaped park.Now here you can see rare varieties of oak, beech and holly maple. These places have long been chosen by roe deer, wild pigs, foxes, martens, ermines and many other animals.