The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel

The Tombstones of Ahlat is the world's largest Turkish-Islamic cemetery in the Middle Ages, located in the Ahlat district of Bitlis in Turkey. The cemetery is an open-air museum today. Dating from the thirteenth century, the tombs cover a large area and previously contained Christian cemeteries, which have been entirely destroyed. They display the influence of Armenian Christian cross-stones (khachkars). Ahlat is a district center in Bitlis Province at the Lake Van shore. The tombstones are in and around the citadel of Ahlat at about 38°45′N 42°30′E. The most important tombstones are in the cemeteries known as Harabe şehir cemetery, Taht'ı Suleyman cemetery, Kırklar cemetery, Kale cemetery, Merkez cemetery and Meydanlık cemetery. Among these, only the Kale cemetery has Ottoman tombs .

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