🇹🇷 Turkey
7 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Gaziantep Castle, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Citadel of Aleppo — #308 of 7,738 worldwide — 98 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Maraş Castle, founded c. 50 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Turkey (5), Syria (2).
1 km north-east · Castle
Gaziantep Castle is a castle on top of a mound in the centre of Gaziantep, Turkey.
47 km north-east · Ruin
Rumkale is a ruined fortress on the Euphrates, located in the province of Gaziantep and 50 km west of Şanlıurfa.
53 km east · Castle
Birecik Kalesi is a historic castle located within the boundaries of the Birecik district of Şanlıurfa Province.
98 km south · Fortress · #308 worldwide
The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.
97 km south-east · Fortress
Qal'at Najm is a castle located on the right bank of the Euphrates, near the town of Manbij in north Syria.
82 km west · Castle
Sarvandikar, also spelled Sarvanda k'ar. It was the Frankish castle of Savranda and is officially known today as Savranda Kalesi.
71 km north-west · Castle
Kahramanmaraş Castle is a castle in Turkey. Kahramanmaraş is an old city. The castle is in the urban fabric of Kahramanmaraş city.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q93338.
The Castlemap atlas maps 7 landmarks (4 castles · 2 fortresses · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Gaziantep, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Gaziantep Castle, a castle 1 km north-east of the city centre.
Citadel of Aleppo, ranked #308 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 98 km south from Gaziantep.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Maraş Castle, founded c. 50 BC — 71 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Idlib (142 km) · Jisr ash-Shughur (168 km) · Ma'arrat Nu'man (170 km) · Adana (183 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
