Bitlis Adilcevaz Süphandağı Yaban Hayatı Geliştirme Sahası

5.6 km · Kef Kalesi is an ancient Urartian fortress located on the northern shore of Lake Van, approximately 6 kilometers north of Adilcevaz, on the southern slopes of Mount Süphan. Situated at an elevation of 2,200 to 2,300 meters above sea level, the fortress was constructed during the reign of Urartian King Rusa II (685–645 BCE). It is notable for its impressive Urartian architectural and sculptural remains. The site includes a multi-room palace complex and storage rooms containing hundreds of pithoi (large earthenware jars). Initial official excavations at Kef Kalesi took place between 1964 and 1972, with regular excavations resuming in 2021.

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37.8 km · Ktuts monastery is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery on the small island of Ktuts in Lake Van, Vaspurakan which fell into ruins after the Armenian genocide beginning in 1915. According to tradition, the monastery was founded in the 4th century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator, after his return from Rome. It contained a hand of John the Baptist, which was kept in a reliquary now held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

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40.7 km · Ayanis is an Urartian archaeological site close to lake Van, Turkey. It was originally built as a fortress by Urartian king Rusa II and named after him Rusahinili Eidurukai. The site was occupied during the Iron Age II period and then again in the Middle Ages between the tenth and eleventh century.

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49.0 km · St. Thomas Monastery is a ruined Armenian monastery overlooking Lake Van in Turkey. The monastery is situated near the village of Kanzak, on the Southern shore of Lake Van.

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54.3 km · Karmravank is an abandoned 10th century Armenian monastery in the Vaspurakan province of historic Armenia. It was founded by King Gagik I (908–943) of the Artsruni dynasty. It is located 12 kilometers west-northwest of Akdamar Island.

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62.0 km · Horhor Madrasah is located on the historical Van Castle, which dates back to the Urartians.

62.4 km · The Fortress of Van is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind. It overlooks the ruins of Tushpa, the ancient Urartian capital during the 9th century, which was centered upon the steep-sided bluff where the fortress now sits. A number of similar fortifications were built throughout the Urartian kingdom, usually cut into hillsides and outcrops in places where modern-day Armenia, Turkey and Iran meet.

62.5 km · The Van Museum or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of Van in eastern Turkey. It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the lake Van region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present. The main focus of the museum is on the Urartian period, about 2800-2600 years ago. Of particular interest are the Hakkari kurgan stelae.

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63.1 km · Dilkaya Mound is a mound located 24 km southwest of Van city center, just west of Dilkaya Village in Edremit district. It is on the north side of Hoşap Suyu, on the shore of Lake Van.

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