GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Artist | William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) |
| Engraver | Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) |
| Date | 1838-1839 |
| Technique | Steel Engraving |
| Category | Ottoman Empire And Turkey |
| Source | Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor & C. Illustrated. In A Series Of Views, Drawn From Nature By W.H.Bartlett, William Purser & C. By John Carne (Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris) |
The walls of Antakya Castle were built in 300 B.C. during the reign of Seleucus I.Nicator, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. Antakya Castle has a city wall of 23,600 meters and 360 towers. Antakya castle after castle with walls in Istanbul is Turkey's second longest wall. It has 5 gates, namely the Damascus Gate in the south, the Aleppo Gate (Medina-St.Paul) in the north, the Iron Gate in the east, the Bridge Gate in the west and the Dog Gate in the northwest. A large part of it has been devastated as a result of many earthquakes and wars until today. Most of its appearance that survives today was made by the Byzantine Emperor Justianus in the 6th century.
