Rum Kale Fortress Rum; Hromklay; Hromgia; Qala'at Romaita; Qala-at-ar-Rum; Rouphaiou chala; Rhomaion Koula; Hesna Dhe-Rhomaye; Ranculat; Kalat el Rom; Qal'at-ar-Rum; Qal'at al-Muslimin Unknown Fortresses Forts Fortifications Late Byzantine Rumkale settlement is located at the point where Merziman brook joins the Euphrates (Firat) river. It is estimated that the settlement dates back to 840 BC and was built by the Hittites. Rumkale later lived under the domination of the Assyrians, Meds, Persians, Romans and the Arabs. It is said that St. John, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, tried to spread Christianity in the region by using this settlement as a base. Rumkale is the largest of all fortresses in the area and it has many other remains dating back to various periods in history. Rumkale fortress occupied the steep hilltop that guarded an important crossing on the Euphrates River. Built by large cut out pieces of stone, it has only one gate opening to the southeast. What remained up to our day include the reains of the mansion of the commander, the Armenian Church St. Nerses belonging to the second half of the 17th century, water storage and a well. Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-4002 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Gaziantep, Gaziantep Ili Province, Güneydoğu Anadolu Region, Turkey 12th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Rum Kale Fortress
Rum; Hromklay; Hromgia; Qala'at Romaita; Qala-at-ar-Rum; Rouphaiou chala; Rhomaion Koula; Hesna Dhe-Rhomaye; Ranculat; Kalat el Rom; Qal'at-ar-Rum; Qal'at al-Muslimin
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Fortresses
Forts
Fortifications
Late Byzantine
Rumkale settlement is located at the point where Merziman brook joins the Euphrates (Firat) river. It is estimated that the settlement dates back to 840 BC and was built by the Hittites. Rumkale later lived under the domination of the Assyrians, Meds, Persians, Romans and the Arabs. It is said that St. John, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, tried to spread Christianity in the region by using this settlement as a base. Rumkale is the largest of all fortresses in the area and it has many other remains dating back to various periods in history. Rumkale fortress occupied the steep hilltop that guarded an important crossing on the Euphrates River. Built by large cut out pieces of stone, it has only one gate opening to the southeast. What remained up to our day include the reains of the mansion of the commander, the Armenian Church St. Nerses belonging to the second half of the 17th century, water storage and a well.
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-4002
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Gaziantep, Gaziantep Ili Province, Güneydoğu Anadolu Region, Turkey
12th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council