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Worth seeing, yet most tourists never hear of them.
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Things to Do in Başkale (1)
Historic Sites in Başkale (1)
Mosques & Places of Worship in Başkale (1)
Best Places in Başkale
1Saint Bartholomew Monastery
Historic & Cultural
Saint Bartholomew Monastery was a medieval Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, 23 km north-east from the town of Başkale, in present-day Turkey's Van Province, near the Iranian border. The monastery was built on the traditional site of martyrdom of Bartholomew the Apostle, who is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the first century. Along with Thaddeus the Apostle, Bartholomew is considered the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was a prominent pilgrimage site prior to the Armenian genocide. Today, it is heavily ruined and the dome entirely gone.
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Church of the Holy Cross at Soradir
Religious Sites
The Church of the Holy Cross at Soradir is a 6th-century Armenian monastic complex in south-eastern Turkey. It is situated in the village of Yanal near the town and district of Başkale in Van Province.
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Kalekom Köprüsü
City Guides
Kalekom Köprüsü is a place to see located in the Başkale district of Hakkari.