Holiday Turkey Tourism

Ramparts and Castles
Antakya was surrounded by high ramparts at the Seleukus and Roman periods. There was 360 guard towers throughout the ramparts and there was a inner castle on the highest and steepest hill of the Habib Neccar Mountain.
Demirkapı: This rampart was constructed as a high and strong wall as the continuance of the ramparts [...]

Ramparts
City Walls : The location of old Istanbul is marked in a triangular shape by the 6½ km-long city wall, called Theodosius II city walls, which started construction in 413. An earthquake in 447 almost destroyed them, so were rebuilt in a hasty two months. The mammoth effort was thanks to 16,000 citizens who were [...]