Asar Kale

Mighty Fortress and Mysterious Sanctuaries

The fortress Asar Kale is situated at a strategically very important spot. This rather inaccessible castle lies in a very narrow ravine which shuts off the fertile Halys (= Kιzιlιrmak) plain from central Anatolia. Near this fortress there are two mysterious rock monuments with four pillars. These monuments had been cut into the steep rock, one of these had been built in nearly unreachable height. Obviously, these buildings were sanctuaries. The fact that there are two sanctuaries - one on each bank of the river Halys - is reminiscent of the ancient account that the Amazons had always been reigned by two queens.

the fortress Asar Kale

sanctuary with four pillars in a sheer rock wall on the left bank of the Halys river

sanctuary with four pillars on the right bank of the Halys river

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