Aliler Fortress

castle · 1700 AD – 2100 AD

Aliler Castle is the modern Turkish name of an Urartian fortress situated near the village of Karaağaç, approx. 11 km southeast of Lake Van. Here, the remains of a column base with a fragmentary preserved Urartian inscription of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) have been found.

Coordinates
38.85480, 43.48680
Also known as
Aliler (tr), Aliler (tr)
Dating
attested

Sources

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