Urfa Castle, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, Turkey

Urfa Castle

Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, Turkey

Şanlıurfa Castle, or Urfa Castle, is an ancient fortress dominating the skyline over Şanlıurfa's city center in southeastern Turkey, with origins linked to Neolithic settlements around 10,000 BC and formal construction by the Osroene kingdom in antiquity.

The present walls date to the Abbasid era around 814 AD, featuring a massive rock-cut moat on three sides, dramatic cliffs, and iconic 3rd-century Corinthian columns from King Manu IX of Edessa commemorating Queen Şalmeth.

Now functioning as an open-air museum, recent excavations have uncovered 5th-century Byzantine mosaics with Greek inscriptions and clergy tombs, underscoring its enduring role through Byzantine, Seljuk, Crusader, and Ottoman periods amid panoramic views of the historic cradle of civilizations.

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Ptt, Yusufpaşa, 5. Cd., 63100 Eyyübiye, Türkiye

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