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Kars Sights

Kars Castle

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Lonely Planet review for Kars Castle

North of the river in the older part of the city, this is worth the knee-jarring climb, if only for the smashing views over the town and the steppe in fine weather. Records show that Saltuk Turks built a fortress here in 1153. It was torn down by the Mongol conqueror Tamerlane in 1386 and rebuilt several times in the following centuries. The castle was the scene of bitter fighting during and after WWI. When the Russian armies withdrew in 1920, control of Kars was left in the hands of the Armenian forces, until the republican armies took the kalesi.

 

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