Historic · Gürpınar, Van
Çavuştepe Castle
The remains of a castle and temple from the reign of the Urartian king Sarduri II.
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Çavuştepe Castle, in Gürpınar district, was built by the Urartian king Sarduri II in the 8th century BCE. In its lower and upper castle sections, the remains of stables, storerooms, a temple, palace buildings and cisterns can be seen.