Niğde Citadel
| Niğde Citadel | ||
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 Niğde Castle Hill from the west |
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| Alternative name (s): | Niğde Kalesi | |
| Creation time : | Seljuk period 13th century |
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Construction: | Cuboid | |
| Place: | Niğde | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 58 '5 " N , 34 ° 40' 46" E | |
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The citadel of Niğde rises on a castle hill, called Alaaddin Hüyük, in the center of the Turkish provincial capital Niğde between Kunt Sokağı and İstasyon Caddesi.
history
The fortress was the beginning of the 13th century under the Seljuk Sultan Ala ad-Din Kai Kobad I. built. After a period of rule by the Ilkhan and Karamanoğlu , the city and fortress became the property of the Ottomans in 1390 . During this time, in 1470, the defenses of the city, including the castle, were restored under General İshak Pasha. The entire castle complex was restored at the beginning of the 21st century, the restoration was completed in 2007.
investment
The plateau at the height of the castle hill is surrounded on all sides by walls. The actual castle complex is in the north of the area. This includes a mighty octagonal tower, which may only be assigned to the Ottoman reconstruction of 1470. Near it stands a clock tower, the beginning of the 20th century by Sultan Abdulhamid II. Was built. The Rahmaniye Mosque from 1747 also belongs to the castle complex in the north. The main area of the summit plateau is now a park. In the south within the castle walls are the Alaaddin Camii , also donated by Kai Kobad , a three-aisled domed mosque with a magnificent portal, and the Hatıroğlu Çeşmesi fountain from the late 13th century. Outside the walls around the castle hill are the covered bazaar in the southwest, the Sungurbey Camii and a Greek Orthodox church in the south.
Not far from the castle hill in the Disari Camii 1975, the late Hittite stele from Niğde found in the floor of the entrance area. She was made in the 8th century. v. Donated by Muwaharanis, the son of the local ruler Warpalawas , and shows the weather god Tarhunz . It is now exhibited in the Niğde Archaeological Museum .
Octagonal tower and Rahmaniye Camii
clock tower
Alaaddin Camii
Hatıroğlu Çeşmesi opposite the entrance to Alaaddin Camii
Web links
- Niğde Kalesi (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur, 1987, ISBN 3-426-26293-2 , p. 429
- ↑ P. Wittek: Nīgde In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. 8, Brill, Leiden, pp. 15-16.
- ↑ a b Information board on site
- ^ John David Hawkins, Halet Çambel: Corpus of hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions. 2000, ISBN 3-11-010864-X , pp. 527 ( limited preview in Google Book search).