There are some lucky monuments on this landscape. Eynesil castle is one of them. It is located in Giresun province of Black Sea region. As you see below, it was built on a rock. It is a big castle and it faced some reconstructions in the time. It is thought that its function was to observe Black Sea.

Its construction period isn’t certain but some archeological proofs show us that it was built in East Roman (Byzantine) Empire period. It had been used for centuries . Castles were important military facilities in ancient era. They provided strict defensive strategy against the enemy.

It is one of the interesting sightseeing places of Black Sea because it is the witness of an ancient era.

There are some monumental castles in Turkey. Some of them are misunderstood such as Yoros Castle. It was thought that it was a Genoese Castle. But the recent archeological proofs show us that it was a Byzantine castle. It is located at the edge of Bosphorus in order to control the waterway of Bosphorus. The construction years isn’t absolute but according to the historical resources, there used to be a castle before the Genoese domination.

It was a strategically located castle. Its location is its outstanding feature.

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 Constantinople so they built castles to protect Thrace. Harala Castle was one of them. There were other castles,too. By the time, the castle was damaged and vanished in the time.

Edirne province is one of the places where are historical items. Visit Turkey and feel the history.

We all know that Turkish landscape has many monasteries and churches. Much of them have remains and they can be restored. But some of them aren’t as lucky as them such as Varzahan monastery.

Varzahan Monastery was the one that was built in 12th century. It was a complex of churches. It was an Armenian style church. By the time, it was damaged due to various reasons. This monastery was vanished because of careless attitude for years.

Cultural heritage is very valuable. Every missing piece of cultural heritage creates a big space in the history.

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 a domination on the territory. But it had been damaged too much because of wars and natural reasons.

It is located in the border of Erzurum province. This region may seem only as a rocky territory but it has a deep historical background.

As we all know, Ankara is the capital of modern Turkish Republic. It is obvious that Ankara was also very important in ancient era. Castle of the city is the symbol of Ankara’s historical background. Also Ankara has an important role on independent war of Turkish Republic.

Its construction year isn’t absolute but it is certain that that castle was there in 2nd century BC. It was used in Roman and Byzantine period. There had been many reconstructions in the periods. Turkish domination had also used this castle. The castle walls were long through Augustus temple in the city.

Ankara castle also served as the first museum of Turkish Republic. Region around Ankara had a wealthy historical background so Ankara is one of the worth visiting places of Turkey.

Romans and Byzantines were very careful about the protection of the capital. So they built port sites and military bases on Black sea coasts.

The archeological items show us that there used to be a port site around Kerpe (on the north). It is the sign of the important site for ancient era. A castle used to be there in order to protect the port. Archeologists think that it was built in Byzantine period.

The archeological items are massed up so an archeological work is necessary in the field.

Black Sea region has a historical background. There is an island on the coast of Black Sea. It is called Kefken Island which is only one that has settlement on the ground.

There are historical remains from Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. It could be an important military base. Due to the closeness to Constantinople, it could be an important site.

Due to the lack of archeological work, we have insufficient information on the site. Also it is used as coast guards base.

Turkey’s Northern Eastern region has a rocky territory. Despite of this territory, civilizations succeeded to construct monumental castles in the region. There is a castle in Ardanuç county of Artvin province. It is a big castle. Although the outer walls were damaged, inner castle has its own features.

It is thought that it was constructed in BC. It had been an headquarter of civilizations in the region for centuries. Ottoman sultans left inscriptions at the castle.

This landscape has a lot of impressive buildings. We are going to visit one of them. It is called as Devil Castle. It is located in Northern Eastern region of Turkey.

It was a classical middle age castle. The most outstanding feature was the basis of the castle. It was constructed on a rocky territory. It is thought that there used to be a small town inside the walls. It had a strong defensive castle walls. Unfortunately half of the castle was collapsed but the reason isn’t absolute.

According to the legend a king lost her daughter due to an illness. He ordered his soldiers to bury his daughter in one of the castles. King wanted that nobody should have known the place of her grave. So it got lost. Today tomb raiders damaged the castle to find a treasure of her.

It is one of the interesting and important castles of Turkey. As it had a historical background, it is worth visiting.