Silvan, Türkiye
Tigranocerta
Tigranocerta, also called Cholimma or Chlomaron in late antiquity, was a city and the capital of the Armenian Kingdom between 77 and 69 BCE. It bore the name of Tigranes the Great, who founded the city in the first century BC .There is no common agreement on the precise location of Tigranocerta; it was either near present-day Silvan, or Arzan, east of Diyarbakır, Turkey, or in the valley of the Garzan river as mentioned by T. A.
- City
- Silvan
- Country
- Türkiye
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia