Tushpa
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.500, 43.343
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Тушпа — древний город, столица государства Урарту периода его расцвета.
History
Tushpa was the 9th-century BC capital of Urartu, later becoming known as Van which is derived from Biainili, the native name of Urartu. The ancient ruins are located just west of modern-day Van, Turkey and east of Lake Van in Van Province. In 2016 it was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.