Sinop Fortress is a historic castle in Sinop, Turkey.

Location

The castle is located in Sinop district of Sinop Province. The historical

Sinop Fortress Prison Sinop Fortress Prison ( tr, Sinop Kale Cezaevi) was a state prison situated in the inside of the Sinop Fortress in Sinop, Turkey. As one of the oldest prisons of Turkey, it was established in 1887 within the inner fortress of the centuries-old f ...

is situated in the castle.

History

Sinop Fortress was built in the 8th century by the immigrants coming from

Miletus Miletus (; gr, Μῑ́λητος, Mī́lētos; Hittite transcription ''Millawanda'' or ''Milawata'' (exonyms); la, Mīlētus; tr, Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in a ...

. The Genoese improved the fortress. The castle was included in the World Heritage Tentative List in 2013. The castle underwent restoration starting in 2019.

Architecture

Length of the bastions and walls are 2.000 meters. Bastions are 8 meters wide and 25 meters high.

References

{{Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey Buildings and structures in Sinop Province Byzantine fortifications in Turkey Buildings and structures completed in the 8th century Sinop, Turkey World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey