Castle
Birecik Kalesi
🇹🇷 Turkey
Birecik Kalesi is a historic castle located within the boundaries of the Birecik district of Şanlıurfa Province. Because of the white limestone hill on which it was built, it is also known as the White Castle (Kal'etül Beyza / Beyda).
Machine-translated from “Birecik Kalesi” on the Turkish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birecik Kalesi ranks #7,235 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #110 of the 129 mapped in Turkey. The nearest day-trip guide is Gaziantep, 53 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Birecik Kalesi?
Birecik Kalesi stands in Turkey, at 37.03178°, 37.97939°.
How famous is Birecik Kalesi?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,235 of 8,134 worldwide, and #110 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 Birecik Kalesi?
Rumkale, about 29 km away.
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