Turkey earthquake: Roman-era castle destroyed by quake

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Footage showed widespread devastation at the 2,000-year-old Gaziantep Castle.

Gaziantep Castle was built by the Romans in the 2nd and 3rd centuries before becoming a museum

Footage obtained by the BBC showed severe damage at the hilltop Gaziantep Castle, in the centre of the city.Two plus-7 magnitude quakes hit the region on Monday, killing more than 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Some of the fortifications in the "east, south and south-east" of the castle had been destroyed by the earthquake, Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu has been reported as saying, adding that "debris was scattered on the road".The castle was built by the Romans during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, then strengthened and expanded by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the 6th Century.

 

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People is dying.. Forget the building😡

Hope Gobelki Tepe is not affected.

Here is the prophecy of the Lord God: let it become dark.

Unfortunately…

Oh no! Whyyyy

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