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Haraput FortressHaraput Fortress

Location:

  • Türkiye, Ulukent
  • geo:38.703495,39.263004
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Period or year:

  • -2000~ / unknown

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=38921

Annotations


Nearby

Haraput (1220 AD)

King Baldwin II: captured by the governor of Artuklu Belekgazi and imprisoned in the castle dungeon.

Harput Fortress

The castle was built by the Kingdom of Urartu. From the 6th century BC it came under Persian rule. Between the 1st century BC and the 14th century AD it was under the Parthian, Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine and Abbasid rule.

Harput Citadel

Open air sacred place dedicated to Haldid, Urartu's chief god.


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