Ankara Castle () is a historic fortification in the city of Ankara, Turkey, constructed in or after the 7th century. The earliest fortification on the site was constructed in the 8th century BC by the Phrygians and rebuilt in 278 BC by the Galatians. The castle was rebuilt or renovated under the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire, and Ottoman Empire Empires.
History and architecture
The castle is composed of an inner line of walls with closely spaced towers that encloses an area of about 350 m by 150 m, and an outer line of walls with towers some 40 m apart. Both sets of walls were constructed using large quantities of reused masonry. The exact dates of their construction are uncertain, but both postdate the capture and destruction of Ankara by the Persians in, probably, 622 AD (Foss considers that the inner walls may date from the reign of
Constans II; the outer walls are generally believed to have been erected slightly later.).
[Clive Foss, Late Antique and Byzantine Ankara in Dumbarton Oaks Papers Vol. 31 (1977), pp. 70-72.]
Ankara asv2021-10 img30 Kale and Citadel.jpg|Aerial view of Kale (Altındağ) and the Citadel
Ankara asv2021-10 img31 Citadel.jpg|The clock tower and the main gate
Ankara asv2021-10 img28 Citadel.jpg|Dungeon Tower
Ankara Şark Kalesi in 2011 02.jpg|Ankara Castle Eastern Castle
Ankara asv2021-10 img33 Citadel.jpg|Ak Kale
Ankara asv2021-10 img34 Sultan Alaeddin Mosque.jpg|Sultan Alaeddin Mosque
Ankara asv2021-10 img61 Citadel.jpg|View of the Castle from the Hacı Bayram Mosque Park
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