Kadifekale

Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in İzmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (Greek: Πάγος, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC. The castle is located at a distance of about 2 km from the shoreline and commands a general view of a large part of the city of İzmir, as well as of the Gulf of İzmir.

In 2007, the metropolitan municipality of İzmir started renovation and restoration works in Kadifekale. In 2020, Kadifekale became a Tentative World Heritage Site as part of "The Historical Port City of Izmir."

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Kadifekale ranks #1483 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 120 mapped in Turquía. Fundado en ca. 250 a. C., más antiguo que el 99% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 4 atlas entries founded in the siglo III a. C. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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