Climbing a rocky cliff just across the Kura River from the city centre, the crenellated grey-stone walls of the 16th-century Ardahan Castle are extensive and fairly complete but not raised high enough to create an especially memorable scene. There is a park inside.
Ardahan Kalesi
Far Northeast
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