Kadifekale

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Kadifekale
İzmir in Turkey
Entry of the castle walls in Kadifekale
Kadifekale
Coordinates	38°24′50″N 27°08′45″E / 38.41389°N 27.14583°E / 38.41389; 27.14583
Type	Hilltop castle
Height	35 metres (115 ft)
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	3rd century BC
Materials	Stone

Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in İzmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (Greek: Πάγος, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC.^[1] The castle is located at a distance of about 2 km from the shoreline and commands a general view of a large part of the city of İzmir, as well as of the Gulf of İzmir.

In 2007, the metropolitan municipality of İzmir started renovation and restoration works in Kadifekale. In 2020, Kadifekale became a

Next to the castle are the ruins of the cisterns built during the Roman period and renovated during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. They formed the centre of the drinking water network of Smyrna. The remains of this network are still preserved in the agora of Smyrna in downtown İzmir.

Cultural activity

In 2015 the Barış Youth Symphony Orchestra was founded incorporating children with limited opportunities with the purpose to keep them away from crime on the street existing in the neighborhood. The orchestra, grown up to nearly one hundred members coming also from other neighbors of the city, gives concerts accompanied by notable classic music artists.^[3]

Gallery

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  Cisterns
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  Castle gate
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  Watch tower
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  Castle wall

Footnotes

Books

• ISBN 0-7103-0776-4
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• Bean, George E. (1967). Aegean Turkey: An Archaeological Guide. London: Ernest Benn.
  ISBN 978-0-510-03200-5
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• Cadoux, Cecil John (1938). Ancient Smyrna: A History of the City from the Earliest Times to 324 A.D.
  Blackwell Publishing
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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kadifekale.

• Images of Kadifekale at wowturkey.com
• A. Karayiğit (July 2005). "Kadifekale'nin sosyo-ekonomik profili ve sorunları" [Kadifekale's socio-economic profile and problems] (PDF) (in Turkish). İzmir Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-20.