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Hromkla | temple, university, church, christianity, cemetery, fortress, Medieval / Middle Ages, destroyed, interesting place, Armenian Apostolic church, place of worship

Turkey / Sanliurfa / Halfeti /
 temple, university, church, christianity, cemetery, fortress, Medieval / Middle Ages, destroyed, interesting place, Armenian Apostolic church, place of worship
The Qal'at ar-Rum (Arabic: قلعة الروم‎) was a powerful fortress on the river Euphrates, 50 km west of Şanlıurfa. It is called Hromkla in Kurdish, Rumkale in Turkish, Hromgla in Armenian,; the term meaning "Roman Castle (by extension also Byzantine)" in all cases.
Its strategic location was already known to the Assyrians, although the present structure is largely Hellenistic and Roman in origin. The site was part of Byzantine Empire and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia during the Middle Ages. Hromkla served as the seat of an Armenian patriarch from the 12th century. From 1203 to 1293 it was the residence of the supreme head (catholicos) of the reunified Armenian church. In 1293 it was captured by the Mamluks of Egypt following a protracted siege.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumkale
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Coordinates:   37°16'14"N   37°50'17"E

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