Bakur Heritage site

Kela Xoşabê

قەڵای خۆشاب

Hoşap Castle · A fortress on a crag above the Xoşab river south-east of Wan, rebuilt in 1643 by Sarî Silêman Beg of the Kurdish Mahmûdî emirate. Behind its round-towered gatehouse lay mosques, baths and hundreds of rooms — the finest surviving castle of the Kurdish emirates.

Hoşap Castle
Mevlüt Kılıç · CC BY-SA 3.0
Region
Bakur
Kind
Heritage site
English name
Hoşap Castle
Kurdish name
Kela Xoşabê