Ankara Castle

Ankara Castle
	Panoramic view of Ankara Castle
	Location within Ankara Ankara Castle (Turkey)
Established	7th century AD
Location	Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates	39°56′30″N 32°51′54″E / 39.94167°N 32.86500°ECoordinates: 39°56′30″N 32°51′54″E / 39.94167°N 32.86500°E
Teep	Castle
Awner	Roman Empire; Byzantine Empire; Seljuq Turks (1071); Crusaders (1101); Byzantine Empire; Seljuq Turks (1227); Ottoman Empire
Wabsteid	www.ankarakalesi.com

Ankara Castle (Turkis: Ankara Kalesi) is a fortification frae the late antique / early medieval era in Ankara, Turkey.

Histerie & airchitectur

The castle is componed of an inner line of walls with closely spacit touers that encloses an aurie of aboot 350m bi 150m, and an ooter line of walls with touers some 40m apairt. Baith set of walls were constructit uising lairge quantities of reuised masonry. The exact date of thair construction is uncertain, but baith postdate the capture and destruction of Ankara by the Persies in probably 622. Foss conseeders that the inner walls mey date frae the reign of Constans II. The ooter walls are generally believit tae hae been constructit slightly later.^[1]