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  • Ahlat

    Ahlat is a historic town located in Bitlis Province in Eastern Turkey. The history of the city dates back to 900 BC in the Urartu era. But the present castle was built by Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in the 16th century AD .
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Elevation: 1689 m

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    Ahlat

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2000

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Bitlis Province

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    First Millennium BC

    Kingdom of Urartu

    Islamic

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    Urartian & Islamic Monuments

     

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