There are many castles from Urartu period. Urartu state built strategical castles in the region. Daryunk Castle is one of them. Daryunk Castle was one of the strategical castles of the region. In the same time, it was an important military base. Urartu tombs and items prove that it was an Urartu castle. It was named as Daryunk Castle in […]

Turkey has many monumental castles. Northern Eastern region has many castles that were built on rocky territory. Artvin (Livana) castle is one of them. Livana castle was built by Georgian king in 937. Its mission was to observe and to control the region. Ottomans rebuilt a new castle on the old castle. It was a monumental castle of the region. […]

This article is about an interesting combination of historical periods. The castle and a mansion on it create an interesting building. This is the story; The construction of the castle isn’t certain but according to the architectural features, it was built in Byzantine period. It was used for military tasks such as observation and task base. A wooden mansion that […]