Van Citadel and Old City, Turkey Van Tospay; Shamiramashen; Dushba; Tushpa King Sartur I Fortresses Citadels Capital cities Lost cities Ruined cities Archaeological sites The city was founded by old Armenia's Urartu King Sartur I and turned into the capital city. The city of Van is located near the SE corner of Lake Van and situated at the center of the Armenian nation, Van had links to the nation's important regions. The city was protected from the west by Lake Van and from the south by the Armenian Davros mountain chain's eastern borders. The Fortress of Van also known as Van Citadel is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu overlooking the Urartu capital of Tushpa. It is the largest of a number of similar fortifications built throughout the kingdom, where the borders of modern Armenia, Turkey and Iran meet. For these reasons, Van was one of the most populous cities of the old world, one which has existed continuously from its foundation to the present. 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2010 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Van, Vasburagan region, Turkey 835-825 BCE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Van Citadel and Old City, Turkey
Van Tospay; Shamiramashen; Dushba; Tushpa
King Sartur I
Fortresses
Citadels
Capital cities
Lost cities
Ruined cities
Archaeological sites
The city was founded by old Armenia's Urartu King Sartur I and turned into the capital city. The city of Van is located near the SE corner of Lake Van and situated at the center of the Armenian nation, Van had links to the nation's important regions. The city was protected from the west by Lake Van and from the south by the Armenian Davros mountain chain's eastern borders. The Fortress of Van also known as Van Citadel is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu overlooking the Urartu capital of Tushpa. It is the largest of a number of similar fortifications built throughout the kingdom, where the borders of modern Armenia, Turkey and Iran meet. For these reasons, Van was one of the most populous cities of the old world, one which has existed continuously from its foundation to the present.
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2010
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Van, Vasburagan region, Turkey
835-825 BCE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council