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  • Kadifekale

  • Kadifekale

    Kadifekale is an ancient castle located on the top in a hill in İzmir, Turkey. The first recorded defensive walls were built by Lysimachos, a successor of Alexander the Great in 306 BC. Most of the current ruins were built during the Roman period and renovated during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
    Archaeological Site
    Kadifekale
    by Mr.E.Unlu, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 181 m

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    Kadifekale

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    Castles and Fortresses

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    Turkey

    Izmir

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    3rd Century BC

    Hellenistic

    Roman + Byzantaine + Republic of Genoa + Islamic

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    Roman & Byzantine & Islamic Monuments

     

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