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Country	Region	City Town	District	Site OR Event	Description	Year Taken
Turkey	Lake Van				The lake is 1640m above sea level and is surrounded by dry mountains.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van			Van is a dusty city in Eastern Turkey on the shores of Lake Van.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van			The city is mainly populated by Kurds.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van			The area has been inhabited for 5000 years and was an Urartu capital in the 9th century BCE.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Van is dominated by its fort set on a hill.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Van Fort was built in 855 BCE by the Urartu.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The fort is 1.5km long and 80m high.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The spectacular walls.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Kurdish child at the fort.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The fort has many Seljuk tombs at its base.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Family visiting a Seljiuk tomb.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		View of the city from the fort walls.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Van Fort overlooking blue Lake Van.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Seljuk tombs beneath the walls.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The Urartu were followed by the Phrygians, Medeans, Persians, Alexander the Great, Partians, Arabs (7th century), Seljuks (1071) and Ottomans (1548).	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Walking along the walls.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Mongol style minaret.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		A man and two boys on the walls.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Roman structure.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The upper level of the fort.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Stone steps.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		The plain of the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort		Oasis and lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort	Tushpa	The unexcavated city of Tushpa which dates from the 9th century BCE viewed from the fort.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort	Tushpa	The ruins are very extensive.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van	Van Fort	Tushpa	Kaleici Mosque (left), the ruins of Ulu Mosque (1390) and Kayachelebi Mosque (1592) on the right.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	The unexcavated city of Tushpa.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Three children among at the site.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	The city of Tushpa is overlooked by Van Fort.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Kayachelebi Mosque (1592).	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Seljuk tombs.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Byzantine church.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Kaleici Mosque.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	Structure by the cliff.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Van		Tushpa	The vast expanse of the ancient city.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Lake Van is 3764 square km in area.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Arid landscape around the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				The lake is maintained by evaporation which gives it a high salt content.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Small farming settlement by the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				A ferry to Akdamar Osland.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island			Akdamar is a 1km long island 3km from the shore of the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island			The uninhabited island is home to a single church.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The island is famous for its 10th century Armenian church.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The exterior of the church is covered with carvings.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	Detail of wall carving.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The Armenian insciption dates from 921.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The carvings on the church were vandalised after the First World War and restored in 2006.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The octagonal dome is typical of Armenian churches.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	Intricate carving.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The entrance portal.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island		Armenian Church	The interior frescos.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island			View of the island and the church.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island			Lake Van from the island.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Akdamar Island			The island is very arid.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				The intensly blue lake is set among hills and mountains.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				The lake is still.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Misty view.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Arid landscape by the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Nomadic tents.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				The lake near Ahlat.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Ahlat is a Kurdish town by the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Street scene.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			The houses are made from volcanic stone.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Ahlat is dotted with Seljuk tombs.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Seljuk tomb with decorated portal and inscription.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Ahlat is very rural.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Family in the village.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Walled mosque.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Houses made from volcanic blocks.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Builders at work.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Farm houses.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Four boys and a donkey.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			The distinctive houses are made from volcanic rock.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Houses with ladder.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Man with his children.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Shepherd.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			Collecting water.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			The village is very rural.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Ahlat			A group of children.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Spectacular scenery.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Dramatic lakeside scenery.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Small villages dot the lakeside.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Geese.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				A group of farmers.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Nomadic tent.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Trees by the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Crops.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Shepherds.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Dramatic scenery by the lake.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				Lakeside road.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van				The lake near Bitlis.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			Bitlis is a town on Lake Van set in a narrow gorge.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			The small town is an oasis.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			Bitlis is at 1545m.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			The town is set in a narrow gorge.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			Houses along the narrow river gorge in the town.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			The region was once part of an Armenian kingdom and later a Kurdish emirate.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			Ottoman bridge.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			One of many minarets in town.	1986
Turkey	Lake Van	Bitlis			View across the oasis.	1986