Kars Castle (Kars, Turkey)
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Iç Kale (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Citadel (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Kalesi (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Merkez Kalesi (Kars, Turkey)
Stadel (Kars, Turkey)
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found: Kenthaber website, 23 Feb. 2011:Kars > Kaleler > Kars Kalesi (Kars Kalesi)
found: Wikipedia, 23 Feb. 2011:Kars, Turkey (Kars Citadel; Kars Castle (Kars Kalesi), also known as the citadel, sits at the top a rocky hill overlooking Kars; its walls date back to the Bagratuni Armenian period but it probably took on its present form during the thirteenth century when Kars was ruled by the Zak'arid dynasty)
found: Vikipedi [Turkish Wikipedia], 23 Feb. 2011:Kars (Kars Kalesi; variants: Kars Merkez Kalesi; Iç Kale; Stadel)
found: Tarih Eserler website, 23 Feb. 2011:Tarihi Eserler > Kars > Kars Kalesi (Kars Kalesi; built in 1153 on the orders of Saltuklu İzzeddin'in vizier of Sultan Malik Firuz Akay; the castle was destroyed during the invasion of Timur, the Sultan of the Ottoman period III. Murat requested to rebuild in 1579 by the Lala Mustafa Pasha.)
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2011-02-28: new
2011-03-31: revised
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