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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 the past. Seljuks and Ottomans reconstructed the castle.

It is located in Doğu Beyazıt county of Ağri province. This region has a historical background.

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 is called Artvin castle at present. It is like an eagle nest on the territory.

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 was in local architecture was built on this castle in 18th century. Today it is used as museum building.

It is located in Ordu province of Black Sea. The mansion is in local architecture. It is one of the best sight seeing places in Black Sea.

Central Anatolia has been another home of civilizations since the history started. So they left us valueless historical heritage on that landscape. Kermelik Valley in Kayseri province is one of those places. Red river is the source of life in the region such as Nile in North Africa.

As you see on the edge of Red River, A castle was built there. Due to the short of archeological works, we don’t have sufficient info on the castle. It is thought that it was built by Hittites. It seems that it had an important role to defense the inland.

In addition to the castle, there is a historical bridge. Its construction period isn’t certain. It may not seem historical but the upper road was built as it lost the original path.

Turkey had a lot of hidden paths and beauties. Visit Turkey..

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.