Stone Bridge (Kars)
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stone-bridge-kars-296-7112242
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Stone Bridge (Kars)
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Taşköprü, or the Stone Bridge, is a stone three-arch bridge over the Kars River, northwest of Kars city center and directly south of the Castle of Kars. The bridge is 53.5 m long and 8.40 m wide. The bridge was built in 1579 of ashlar basalt blocks as part of a program of works in Kars by Lala Mustafa Pasha, who became Sultan Murad III's grand vizier the following year. This bridge was subsequently destroyed by a flood, and it was rebuilt in 1719 by Karahanoğlu Haci Ebubekir Bey, one of the lead
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Bridge in Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Bridge_(Kars)
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2023-10-16T09:06:50Z
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