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  • Yoros Castle

    Yoros Castle is a Byzantine ruined castle located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is also commonly referred to as the Genoese Castle, due to Genoa's possession of it in the mid-15th century. The castle was fought over for many years by Byzantines, Genoese, and Ottomans.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Yoros Castle
    by Josep Renalias, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 122 m

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    Yoros Castle

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2020

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Istanbul Province

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    First Millennium BC

    Phoenicians

    Byzantine + Republic of Genoa + Islamic

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    Byzantine & Islamic Monuments

     

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