title: Some details referring to the construction works in the stone fortress of Kilia
abstract: In the period June 22 – July 16, 1479, Stephen the Great built or rebuilt the stone fortress of Kilia. The Levantine or Greek-Genoese architect Ioan Privana, who built the Moldavian church of St. Nicholas here, could be involved in the construction works. After 1484 the stone fortress of Kilia was repaired and modernized by the Ottomans. At that time, each major province of the Ottoman Empire had its own chief architect of the Royal Corps of Architects, who dealt with military projects. It was a