Ardanuç Kalesi Yapı Taşları, Sıva ve Harçlarının Petrografisi ve Kaynak Alanı

Ardanuc county is on the eastern side of Artvin city, the castle of Ardanuc is a unique historical monument of the entire area. The castle was built in BC and used for administration by many kingdoms. The area was conquered by the governor Iskender Pasha in 1551. The castle of Ardanuc was repaired in 1562 and marked by an epigraph. The district of Artvin was in the hegemony of the Ottoman Empire for 250 years until the Russian invasion with the Brest-Litovsk agreement, the district of Artvin was surrendered to the empire. The building stone of the castle walls are mainly of Ziyarettepe formation from Paleocene age. Also the detrital material from the neighbourhood such as Mekanet, Karli, Avcilar and Ciseltakaya were used in the lining of the walls’ mortar and the plaster