After we had looked around inside Erzerum Castle, we walked around the structure to get views of the surrounding area. This post is mostly just photos.
As some background history about Erzurum. The city has served as a pivotal crossroads of civilisations for millennia, owing to its strategic and optimal position on the high Anatolian plateau. Originally known as Theodosiopolis during the fifth century Byzantine era, the city functioned as a vital frontier fortress against eastern incursions.
Following the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, it became the capital of the Saltukid Principality. The city subsequently transitioned through the control of the Seljuks, Mongols and Safavids before being integrated into the Ottoman Empire in 1514 under Selim I. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Erzurum gained further prominence as a site of significant resistance during the Russo-Turkish Wars and played a foundational role in the Turkish War of Independence, most notably hosting the Erzurum Congress on 23 July 1919.
Fortunately, we could walk around the other way as I didn’t fancy trying to navigate these danger steps (or that’s what I considered them to be).
We decided not to go down using those steps……