Harala Castle: A missing castle of Byzantines

Cultural heritage means a lot for a country’s historical background. As we mention before every missing heritage creates big space in the history. We are in Thrace and a castle is our title. Unfortunately only a piece of gate remained today. This castle was built in East Roman (Byzantine) period. The region (Thrace) was very important in order to protect […]

Avnik Castle; An Urartu castle in a land of passages..

Eastern region of Turkey has a rocky territory. Despite of the high territory, there has been settlement here for centuries. Starting from Urartu State, the region has been very important as it has been a passage between Asia and West. Castle of Avnik was built in Urartu period. As it was built on the peak of a passage, it had […]