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  • The Tombstones of Ahlat

  • The Tombstones of Ahlat

    The Tombstones of Ahlat are historical tombstones located in Ahlat in Bitlis Province, Turkey. They were left by the Ahlatshah dynasty (Shah-Armens), Ayyubid dynasty and Safavids between 12th-15th centuries 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
    The Tombstones of Ahlat
    by Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1717 m

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    The Tombstones of Ahlat

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2000

    tomb

    Tombs and Necropolises

    Location

    Turkey

    Bitlis

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    12th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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