Riva Castle

Riva Castle (Turkish: Riva Kalesi), is a Byzantine coastal fortification situated on a hill where Riva Creek meets the Black Sea in Riva, Beykoz, Istanbul. In Greek mythology, the leader of the Argo sailors, Iason, searching for the Golden Fleece received the iron anchor, hence the village was referred to as Ancyranum during the reign of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I referred to the importance of occupying it after taking over its neighboring castles, Yoros and Şile in 1391 AD (793 AH). It was first recorded in the archives as Revan Kalesi in 1778-1779 AD (1192 AH).

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Riva Castle ranks #4344 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 120 mapped in Turquía. Fundado en 1778, más antiguo que el 17% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 360 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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