Xerxes I Epigraph

It seems a little forgotten that has been stripped around but it is a very valuable work

How to get to the Xerxes table: The table can be reached only by going around the mountain. From the entrance to the reserve you need to go around the mountain on the right side. To do this, you will need to leave the castle to the local park through a hole in the fence. Or through the parking lot. It is easy to find if you go from the toilet towards the mountain past large boulders. After such an impromptu entrance, you need to move along the mountain on the path (on the left hand). The table will be next to the ruins.

The only inscription of the Achaemenid period that is outside Iran and has been left to its own devices. This inscription is located on the south wall of Van Castle and cannot be seen and accessed from the entrance of the castle.

It is located within the boundaries of Van city center and 5 km from the center. It was founded on the rock mass extending in the east-west direction in the plain of Van. The rocky is between 20-120 m wide, 1800 m long and 100 m. has a natural mass in height. Steep and steep from the south, the north has a sloping topographic feature. The exit path of the three-part fortress in the north is in the form of a light ramp from west to east. It was the capital of the Urartian State with the name Tuspa for a long time. It was established between 840-825. Madur (Sardur) sign from the Urartians in the castle, Analı-Kız open air temple, 1st Argisti, Founders, Menua and II. There are Sarduri rock tombs, Thousand Stairs and fortification walls and fortifications carved into the bedrock. After the Urartians in the castle, no remnants came to the Ottomans except the Persian inscription. The walls and towers on the east side, the castle entrance gate facing the north west, the fortification and other body walls, the Upper Castle, the Süleyman Han Mosque and its minaret, and various structures made of mudbrick and stone for military purposes, are from the Ottoman period. Body walls, bushings and towers providing fortifications are made of rubble stone, adobe and cut stone material. These walls and fortifications form the silhouette of the castle from the north. During the Ottoman period, the castle was completely used for military purposes. The main city was established in the south of the castle. This place is surrounded by walls. It has survived to the present day as it was destroyed after 1915