#KillerPix Photography Contest - Triangle Theme

Here's my 1 entry into #KillerPix Photography Contest - Triangle Theme hosted by @killerwhale.

In the territory of present-day Bakhchisaray there were several settlements. By the time of the city's formation in the first half of the 16th century, there were three main ones among them: the city-fortress of Kirk-Er on the mountain cape (now known as Chufut-Kale),

the village of Salachik in the gorge at the foot of Kirk-Yer and the village of Eski-Yurt at the exit from valleys. There were administrative centers in Salachik and Kirk-Ere since the Golden Horde. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, Khan Mengli I Geray deployed urban construction in Salachik, planning to turn it into a major metropolitan center. The village of Salachik preserved the status of the capital of the Crimean Khanate until 1532, when the son of Mengli Geray, Sahib I Geray, founded a new khan's residence two kilometers from Salachik, calling it Bakhchisarai. Later, around the new khan's residence, the metropolitan city expanded.
In the middle of the XVII century Bakhchisaray consisted of 2,000 houses, about a third of which belonged to the Greeks. In 1736, the city was completely burnt by the Russian army under the command of Christopher Minich. The buildings of the Khan's palace that have survived to this day were built during the restoration of the city in the 1740s - 1750s.