Castle
Afyonkarahisar Castle
🇹🇷 Turkey · 14th century
The Castle of Afyonkarahisar (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Kalesi) is a historical fortification, which was built around 1350 BC and is located in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. While Afyonkarahisar Castle (Literally: "Black Opium Castle" Fortress) refers specifically to the defensive fortification, Afyonkarahisar refers to the town containing the structure, and was renamed from Afyon to Afyonkarahisar in 2004.
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Afyonkarahisar Castle ranks #2,798 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #46 of the 107 mapped in Turkey. Founded 1350, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 312 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.
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