Van Fortress

Van Province · Turkey

Van Fortress, Turkey
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
Budget
$
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A long rock outcrop rising from the plain beside Lake Van, fortified by the Urartians nearly three thousand years ago. Cuneiform inscriptions, cliff tombs, and old city ruins spread below the ramparts.

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