Turkey
Ankara Province
Altındağ

Ankara Castle

Ankara Castle is a historic fortification in the city of , , constructed in or after the 7th century. The earliest fortification on the site was constructed in the 8th century BC by the Phrygians and rebuilt in 278 BC by the Galatians.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Ankara, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ak Kale”, “İç Kale”, and “Seljuk Citadel”
  • Address: Altındağ/Ankara

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Akkale and Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

Castle
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is a castle.

Museum
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The is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in , Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. is situated 500 metres southwest of Ankara Castle.

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The is an augusteum located in the district of . It is thought to have been built around 25–20 BC. Besides being one of the most important Roman-period ruins in the city, it is also known for the Monumentum Ancyranum. is situated 680 metres northwest of Ankara Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulus and Altındağ.

Quarter
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is a quarter in , and is located at the center of the capital city. It was once the heart of old Ankara. The name means "tribe, nation" in Turkish.

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 123 km2, and its population is 413,994. It covers the northeastern part of the city of . Its elevation is 900 m.

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is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

Ankara Castle

Latitude
39.94149° or 39° 56′ 29″ north
Longitude
32.86543° or 32° 51′ 56″ east
Elevation
902 metres (2,959 feet)
Open location code
8GFJWVR8+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3058034430
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
311719
Wiki­data ID
Q206225
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Ankara Castle” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kalaja e Ankarasë”
  • Arabic: “قلعة أنقرة”
  • Armenian: “Անկարայի ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ankara qalası”
  • Chinese: “安卡拉城堡”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Ankara”
  • French: “citadelle d’Ankara”
  • French: “Citadelle d’Ankara”
  • Georgian: “ანკარის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Ankara”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Άγκυρας”
  • Hebrew: “טירת אנקרה”
  • Italian: “Castello di Ankara”
  • Japanese: “アンカラ城”
  • Korean: “앙카라 성”
  • Latvian: “Ankaras citadele”
  • Persian: “قلعه آنکارا”
  • Scots: “Ankara Castle”
  • Turkish: “Ankara Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Анкари”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ انقرہ”
  • Uzbek: “Anqara Qal’asi”
  • “Ankara Kalesi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ankara Castle”. Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.