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Harput Castle
Turkey, Turkey
Harput Castle, also called Milk Castle, crowns a rocky hill in the historic Harput neighborhood of Elazığ Province, Turkey, with origins in the 8th century BC under the Urartian Kingdom on a rectangular plan divided into inner and outer sections.
It endured Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Abbasid, Seljuk, Artuqid, and Ottoman rule, featuring robust walls, cisterns, a mosque, bathhouse, and dungeons, with legends claiming milk mixed into the mortar due to water scarcity during construction.
Ongoing excavations reveal layered structures from ancient kitchens to Ottoman quarters, offering panoramic views of the plains as a UNESCO tentative site symbolizing 3,000 years of continuous settlement.
Location
Harput, 23350 Elâzığ Merkez/Elazığ, Türkiye
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