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Pertek Castle

🇹🇷 Turquía · siglo XI

Pertek Castle en Turquía
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Pertek Castle (Turkish: Pertek Kalesi) is a castle in the Pertek district of the Tunceli Province in Turkey.

Its origins probably lie in the Kingdom of Urartu. According to the Italian archaeologist Roberto Dan, the castle exhibits characteristics of Urartu rock processing and was built for the control of nearby mines, especially copper mines. The name Pertek comes from the Armenian word Բերդակ (Berdak) in the local dialect, a diminutive of բերդ (berd, “fortress”).

The current structure was built in the 11th century by the Seljukid Mengujekids beys. Under the Ottoman Empire it was restored and rebuilt, probably in the 16th century, at the same time as the Sungur Bey Mosque and Çelebi Ağa Mosque in Pertek.

Texto adaptado de «Pertek Castle» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pertek Castle ranks #4091 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 120 mapped in Turquía. Fundado en ca. 1050, más antiguo que el 92% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 186 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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