点评:We found Toprak-Kala entirely mesmerizing, needing a hour-plus to poke around the large fortress-city site. Yes, the view from on high is impressive itself, but consider you are seeing an ancient site from 4th century (possibly some medieval buildings too). The sprawling site, up 70 steep steps, has several places to explore. The highest takes you to an overlook of the enclosing (shorter) walls that protected the adjoining land. Trenches from a great deal of archaeological excavation — the site was discovered by the Soviets in 1938 — have uncovered dozens of rooms, some with low connections (watch your head!) to adjacent rooms; lots of rounded arches. For helpful background see Wikipedia’s entry on Toprak-Kala, quite good. We also greatly enjoyed the nearby, smaller Kyzyl-Kala — see it first?
翻译:我们发现托普拉克-卡拉 (Toprak-Kala) 令人着迷,花了整整一个多小时才慢慢逛完这座巨大的堡垒城市遗址。没错,从高处俯瞰的景色本身就令人印象深刻,但请记住,你看到的是一处公元4世纪的古老遗址(可能还有一些中世纪建筑)。这座规模庞大的遗址需要攀登70级陡峭的台阶才能到达,沿途有很多值得探索的地方。最高的台阶可以让你俯瞰环绕遗址的(较矮的)城墙,这些城墙曾经保护着邻近的土地。由于大量的考古发掘——该遗址于1938年被苏联人发现——挖掘出的沟渠揭示了数十个房间,其中一些房间与相邻房间之间有低矮的连接(小心头部!);还有许多圆拱。如需了解更多信息,请参阅维基百科上关于托普拉克-卡拉的条目,写得相当不错。我们也很喜欢附近规模较小的克孜勒-卡拉 (Kyzyl-Kala)——建议先去那里看看。