🇹🇷 Turkey
13 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 Castle of Kars, 1 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Ani — #89 of 7,738 worldwide — 42 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Tygnis Fortress, founded 801.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Turkey (6), Armenia (5), Georgia (2).
1 km north-west · Castle
The Castle of Kars is a former fortification located in Kars, Turkey. It is also known under the name İç Kale.
42 km east · Ruin · #89 worldwide
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
54 km east · Fortress
Tygnis is a medieval Armenian fortress in the province of Ayrarat.
99 km east · Ruin
Amberd is a 10th-century fortress located 2,300 meters above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd…
98 km north · Ruin
Khertvisi fortress is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period.
64 km east · Ruin
Sev Berd or Black Fortress is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia.
89 km north · Ruin
Tmogvi or Tmkaberd is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River,…
71 km south-east · Fortress
Dashtadem Fortress is a substantial fortress of the 5th to 19th centuries located at the southern outskirts of Dashtadem village in the Aragatsotn…
61 km north · Castle
Şeytan Castle is a castle in the Çıldır district of the Ardahan Province in Turkey.
68 km east · Fortress
Horom Citadel is an ancient Bronze Age through Urartian fortification atop two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and Kamut…
66 km north-west · Castle
Ardahan Castle is a castle is located just across the Kura river in Ardahan, Turkey.
97 km north-west · Castle
Şavşat Castle or Satle Castle is a castle in Şavşat district in Artvin Province in Turkey.
94 km south-east · Fortress
Sardarabad, also known as Sardari Berd, was a 19th-century fortress and urban center built in the Erivan Khanate in Qajar Iran, in the territory of…
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q127063.
The Castlemap atlas maps 13 landmarks (4 castles · 4 fortresses · 5 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Kars, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Castle of Kars, a castle 1 km north-west of the city centre.
Ani, ranked #89 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 42 km east from Kars.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Tygnis Fortress, founded 801 — 54 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Gyumri (65 km) · Iğdır (111 km) · Yerevan (129 km) · Batumi (168 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
