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Fortress Çanakkale
This Ottoman fortress was built in 1452 and expanded afterwards. It saw action during the First World War.
There is an open-air exhibition with navy weaponry from the First and Second World War outside the fortress.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Lennard Bolijn (1), Radosław Botev (2), (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Nearby
Museum
- Cannakele Naval Museum - Canakkale
- Replica Minelayer "Nusret" - Çanakkale
- Fort Anadolu Hamidiye - Canakkale
Monument
- Atatürk Memorial Çanakkale - Canakkale
- Commemorative Sign March 18 1915 - Çanakkale
- Memorial Corporal Seyit - Kilitbahir
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Chanak Consular Cemetery - Çanakkale
- Mass Grave Ottoman Soldiers Fort Rumeli Mecidiye - Kilitbahir
- Cemetery Ağadere Military Hospital - Eceabat
Fortification
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