Van Fortress
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 09, 2026 05:10 PM
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Van Fortress is an ancient citadel of Urartu built during the ninth through seventh centuries BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/964673805
38.5019168364, 43.3400869315
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Van Fortress (900 BC - 600 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Van (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Van Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC)
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fort, findspot, place of finding, find place, archaeological site, citadel
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Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Van Fortress: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/964673805> [accessed: 17 February 2026]
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