Turkey · 9th century
Tygnis Fortress ranks #8,570 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #119 of the 128 mapped in Turkey. Founded c. 801, it is older than 95% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 85 atlas entries founded in the 9th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gyumri, 13 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.
Tygnis (Armenian: Տիգնիս) is a medieval Armenian fortress in the province of Ayrarat (Western Armenia, now the territory of Turkey).
Machine-translated from “Тигнис” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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