The Walls of Ankara
The Walls of Ankara
By Stephen Francis Wyley
Photographs by
Tim Dawson and Steven Lowe
A section of the Byzantine walls of Angora (Ankara) showing extensive use of recycled Roman marble, 800 c.e.
[The inner wall, looking from the south west at the southern end of the citadel.]
Photograph supplied by Tim Dawson, June 1994.
More pictures of various aspects of Ankara. Photographs supplied by Steven Lowe, October 1992.
Figure 1. Polygonal tower, inner walls, looking from the west, Ankara.
Figure 2. Citadel wall, looking from the west, Ankara.
Figure 3. Rear of the Finger gate (7th century), inner line of walls, looking west, Ankara.
Figure 4. Polygonal tower, Citadel, looking east, Ankara.
Figure 5. Square tower (9th century), lower walls, looking south, Ankara.
Figure 6. A line of square towers (9th century), lower walls, looking south, Ankara.
Figure 7. Rear of tower in Figure 8., lower walls, looking south west, Ankara.
Figure 8. Front of semi-circular tower (Figure 7.), lower walls, looking east, Ankara.
Figure 9. Hisar (White Tower), looking south east, Ankara.
Figure 10. Hisar (eastern tower or Sark Kulesi), looking east, Ankara.
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Bibliography of Military Architecture
Drawings of Aspects of Military Architecture
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