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  • Van Citadel

  • Van Citadel

    Van Fortress, also known as Van Citadel, is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient Armenian kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC. Successive empires such as the Medes, Achaemenids, Armenians, Parthians, Romans, Sassanid Persians, Byzantines, Arabs, Seljuks, Safavids, Afsharids, Ottomans and Russians each controlled the fortress at one time or another. The ancient fortress is located just west of Van and east of Lake Van in the Van Province, Turkey.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Van Citadel
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    Van Citadel

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2016

    fortification

    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Van Province

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    9th Century BC

    Kingdom of Urartu

    Persian + Armenian + Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Islam

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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