Ruin
Aydos Castle
🇹🇷 Turkey · 13th century
Aydos Castle (Turkish Aydos Kalesi) is the ruin of a summit castle. As the castle site, the 537 m high Aydos hill, the highest point of Istanbul, was chosen. Aydos is the Turkicised form of the Byzantine name Aetos (Ancient Greek ἀετός, German Adler, 'eagle').
Machine-translated from “Burg von Aydos” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aydos Castle ranks #3,290 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #52 of the 129 mapped in Turkey. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 861 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,168 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Istanbul, 26 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Aydos Castle?
Aydos Castle stands in Turkey, at 40.95006°, 29.25863°.
When was Aydos Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1250. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Aydos Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,290 of 8,134 worldwide, and #52 in Turkey. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Aydos Castle?
Beylerbeyi Palace, about 21 km away.
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