🏰 Van Castle and Museum: Understanding Tushpa while Planning around the Museum Closure
Van Castle offers a view of the rock on which Tushpa, capital of the kingdom of Urartu, stood, and a chance to compare the elevated site with the old city and lake. Combining it with Van Museum currently...
Van Castle on its rocky outcrop, with snow-covered mountains and the moon in the background.
Van Castle, Old Van and Ayanis offer three perspectives on history: a royal centre on a rock, a town at its foot and an Urartian site close to the lake. Together, they reveal the relationship between...