Gaziantep Castle
A castle on a mound in the centre of Gaziantep, first used as a lookout under the Hittites and built up into a fortress in Roman times. Its round towers and moat ring the hilltop above the old bazaars.
- Where
- Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Türkiye
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 37.0664, 37.3833
Get the Gaziantep Castle stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gaziantep Castle. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gaziantep volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gaziantep Castle
Zeugma Mosaic Museum 1.0 km
One of the world's largest mosaic museums, opened in Gaziantep in 2011 to hold the floors of the Roman villas of Zeugma. Its best-known piece is the Gypsy Girl, a fragment of a face whose eyes seem to follow you across the room.
Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum 124 km
Two museums side by side in Şanlıurfa, holding finds from Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and Harran, and from sites flooded by the region's great dams. The mosaic museum covers Roman floor mosaics found in the city itself.
Göbekli Tepe 138 km
A Neolithic site near Şanlıurfa, built from around 9500 BC, before pottery or farming towns. Its circles of great T-shaped stone pillars, carved with foxes, boars and snakes, are among the oldest known megaliths in the world.
Harran 148 km
An ancient town of Upper Mesopotamia, about 40 km south-east of Urfa, mentioned in the Bible as a home of Abraham. It is known for its beehive houses of mud brick, built in clusters of domes, and the ruins of its old university and walls.
Mount Nemrut 157 km
A 2,150-metre mountain in the eastern Taurus whose summit carries what is thought to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. Great stone heads of gods and kings, toppled from their statues, sit on its terraces, and people climb up to see them at sunrise.
Arslantepe 170 km
A mound near Malatya holding the ancient city of Melid, on a tributary of the upper Euphrates. Its layers record thousands of years of settlement, from early temple-palaces to the Hittite-era city whose stone lions gave the site its name.
Karahan Tepe 170 km
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in the Şanlıurfa region, related to nearby Göbekli Tepe and also marked by T-shaped stone pillars. It may be one of the earliest known villages, dated to between 10,000 and 9500 BC.
Mount Erciyes 235 km
A large inactive volcano rising above Kayseri, ringed by smaller vents and lava domes, with part of its summit long ago collapsed to the east. Its snowy upper slopes are one of Turkey's main ski areas.
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Questions
Where is Gaziantep Castle?
Gaziantep Castle is in Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Zeugma Mosaic Museum (1.0 km), Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum (124 km), Göbekli Tepe (138 km).
How do I get the Gaziantep Castle stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gaziantep Castle and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gaziantep volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gaziantep Castle before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gaziantep volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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