Ankara Citadel
The Ankara Citadel ( Turkish Ankara Kalesi or Akkale ) was built by the Hittites as a military garrison in today's capital of Turkey and is located on a 978 m high hill in the northern part of today's city center of Ankara .
Over the centuries the castle was used by different peoples and empires. When in the year 278 BC When the Galatians appeared in Anatolia , they made Ankara their capital. During this time, the citadel was expanded to two parts of the city (inner and outer city). Only a few of the former twenty towers in the outer city have survived today. The walls of the city center, on the other hand, are well preserved to this day.
Ankara Kalesi
The citadel photographed from the Ulus district
In the outskirts
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Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 30 ″ N , 32 ° 51 ′ 54 ″ E