Körzüt (Arapzengi) Kalesi

fort · 900 BC – 2100 AD

Körzüt is the modern Turkish name of an Urartean fortress situated on a rock spur at the southern end of the Muradiye/Berkri plain, about 3 km north of the modern village of Uluşar (Korsot/Gortsut), in the Muradiye district of Van province in Turkey. According to an inscription of the Urartean King Minua (9th / 8th century BCE), the fortress was built by Minua.

Coordinates
38.91313, 43.74480
Also known as
Arapzengi Kale (tr), Arapzengi Kale (tr), Fortezza di Körzüt (it), Fortezza di Körzüt (it), Gortsot (hy), Gortsot’ aberd (hy), Gortsut (hy), Kordzod Kalesi (tr), Kordzod Kalesi (tr), Korsot (ku), Korsot (ku), Korsot Kalesi (tr), Korsot Kalesi (tr), Körzüt (tr), Körzüt (tr), Körzüt Kale (tr), Körzüt Kale (tr), Körzüt Kalesi (tr), Körzüt Kalesi (tr), Zengibar Kalesi (tr), Zengibar Kalesi (tr), İşli Kalesi (tr), İşli Kalesi (tr), Գործոթ (hy), Գործոթ աբերդ (hy), Գործութ (hy)
Dating
attested

Sources

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