Architecture

The castle was expanded in the Gothic style. In the central part of the fortress, measuring 110 by 60 m, a church, a knights' hall, and several towers were built.

From 1934 to 2020, the temple served as a museum, and after a decision invalidating the 1934 decree and a decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it was turned back into a mosque.

Henry II, who came to the throne in 1154, replaced the wooden palisade surrounding the upper castle with a stone wall interspersed with square towers and built the first Royal Gate.

During the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, British soldiers ripped off many of the precious stones from the walls.

The bay covers an area of about 500 square kilometers, with a second granite islet, Tombelaine, in a ...

The work was completed by four other sculptors: Pietro Bracci, Filippo della Valle, Giovanni Grossi and Andrea Bergondi. The work was supervised by the architect Giuseppe Pannini.

This supposition is confirmed by the discovery of a Roman column called Pilier des Nautes (Pillar of ...

The circles are arranged in the same pattern. They are made of limestone columns in the shape of giant beams or a capital letter T. The columns have sharp edges.