Van Fortress

Summary

Van Fortress is a castle ruin^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of castle_ruin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Van Fortress is located in Van Province^[3].
• Van Fortress is located in İpekyolu district^[4].
• Van Fortress is in the country of Turkey^[5].
• Van Fortress's image is recorded as Van Fortress From Northwest.JPG^[6].
• Van Fortress's instance of is recorded as castle ruin^[7].
• Van Fortress's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Van Fortress's Commons category is recorded as Van Fortress^[9].
• Van Fortress's has part is recorded as Cuneiform inscription of Xerxes at Van Fortress^[10].
• Van Fortress's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.5025, 'lon': 43.34}^[11].
• Van Fortress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02801vb^[12].
• Van Fortress's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Eastern Anatolia Region^[13].
• Van Fortress's affiliation is recorded as Museum Directorate of Van^[14].
• Van Fortress's Pleiades ID is recorded as 964673805^[15].
• Van Fortress's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 40781^[16].
• Van Fortress's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 846416553922255154^[17].
• Van Fortress's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Castle", "VanKalesi"]^[18].
• Van Fortress's state of conservation is recorded as preserved^[19].
• Van Fortress's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3992277^[20].
• Van Fortress's aerial view is recorded as Van fortress eastern walls 014.jpg^[21].
• Van Fortress's Armeniapedia ID is recorded as 4866^[22].
• Van Fortress's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 135564251^[23].
• Van Fortress's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 3014^[24].
• Van Fortress's Burgenwelt ID is recorded as tuerkei/van^[25].
• Van Fortress's Foto Atlas taxonomy ID is recorded as 2586^[26].

Body

Geography

Van Fortress is in the country of Turkey^[5]. Located in include Van Province^[3], a province of Turkey^[27], in Turkey^[28] and İpekyolu district^[4], a town^[29], in Turkey^[30], founded in 2012^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle ruin^[7] and archaeological site^[8].

Why It Matters

Van Fortress ranks in the top 5% of castle_ruin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]