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Trabzon Castle

19.09.2024 07:12


Evliya Çelebi Travels for Trabzon Castle and says 'There is a deep moat similar to hell well by the mountain that 77 men enter. Only cutting is rock. It has a mosque, shelterhouses, cellars, military museum." Trabzon Castle give visitors local and foreign both a nature and a history tour. The castle is originally composed of three parts: Upper Fort, Inner Castle, Middle Fort and Lower Fort. Upper Fort had a function to be the protector of the inner castle, where there were tower, bath, palace, hippodrome ruins. The Middle Fort was built by Emperor II. Aleksios. It is a continuation of other sections. To the west of this section are imaret and Zağanos Doors, Tannery and Tower Gates. Lower Fort is the section that goes down to the sea right next to zağanos. There are historical monuments such as St. Andrea Church, Hodja Halil Mosque, Bazaargate Mosque, Kundupoğlu and Yarımbıyıkoğlu Houses, Eight Regular Baths, Alexander Pasha Fountains. It is known that the oldest part of the castle, which forms the old structures of the city, was built in the Roman period in the 4th century BC. Trabzon Castle, built on a high rock mass between Tabakhane and Zağnos Valleys, is located in Ortahisar in the city center of Trabzon. The most interesting aspect of the castle is that it was built from stones collected from ancient monuments. In fact, it is thought that the first castle was built in the 2000s BC. It is also known that Fatih Sultan Mehmet was repaired for attacks from the Black Sea after conquering Trabzon for the castle, which is estimated to have been built on the old foundations of the Byzantine period.

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