Citadel of Corum
| Citadel of Corum | ||
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 Entrance to the fortress |
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| Alternative name (s): | Çorum Kalesi | |
| Creation time : | unknown, before 17th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Exterior walls preserved, partially renewed, interior built up | |
| Construction: | Cuboid, small cuboid, quarry stone, spoil | |
| Place: | Çorum | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 32 '44 " N , 34 ° 57' 26" E | |
| Height: | 819 m | |
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The citadel of Çorum , in Turkish Çorum Kalesi , is located in the center of the Turkish provincial capital Çorum in a street area northwest of the Cengiz Topel Caddesi .
The fortress is almost square with a side length of about 90 meters, all four corners are attached with a round tower, the curtains up to eight meters high in between each with two rectangular bastions . The masonry, which has been renewed several times, consists in the lower part of large limestone blocks, in between there are numerous spoils , including column drums as well as gravestones with decorations and inscriptions. The entrance is on the north side in İbik 3. Sokak. The interior of the fortress is densely built up with small houses that are still inhabited today. Immediately behind the entrance gate is the minaret-free Kale Camii.
In the middle of the 16th century there were four mahalles within the castle walls . In historical sources from 1577 the castle is referred to as Sultan Suleyman's Foundation (r. 1520–1566) (Sultan Suleyman Hayrat'ı) . According to the Turkish travel writer Evliya Çelebi , who visited Çorum in the 17th century, the castle is a Seljuk building of the Sultan Kılıç Arslan. In 1838 the British explorer William Francis Ainsworth visited the place. He describes the building as a modern building constructed of ancient materials.
literature
- Marianne Mehling (Hrsg.): Knaur's cultural guide in color Turkey . Droemer-Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26293-2 , pp. 148-149.
- Wolfgang Dorn: Turkey, Central Anatolia: between Phrygia, Ankara and Cappadocia. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2012 p. 120 ISBN 9783770166169
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia - William Ainsworth . S. 101 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2016]).