Place · Turkey
Van, Turkey
Van is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Van in eastern Turkey. Its history encompasses the kingdom of Urartu, ancient Armenia, a substantial Jewish community and the deportations carried out by Shapur II in the fourth century.
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