Ardanuc

Ardanuc is a town and locale in Artvin Province in Turkey's Black Sea area of Turkey, 32 km east of Artvin. The name Ardanuc gets from Kartvelian dialect. The historical backdrop of this territory returns to the settlement of the banks of the Coruh River by the Hurri and Mitanni parts of the Hittitesin 2000 BC. The principal notice of Ardanuc was in a Urartu landmark to the annihilation of the neighborhood individuals fighting by King Sarduri II in 753 BC.

At that point in the 7^th century BC the Saka or Scythians are known to have settled and they overwhelmed Ardanuc. The manor of Artanuji was worked by Georgian lord Vakhtang Gorgasali. The stronghold was attacked by Arab caliph Marwan II Ummayad in 744 AD. In addition, it was re-established by Ashot I Bagrationi administration in the 8^th century. He likewise established a city, which turned into the focal point of the "Kingdom of Georgians" of Tao-Klarjeti.

The Iskender Pasha Mosque and Tombs was dispatched by Iskender Pasha and opened in 1553. It is worked in an established Ottoman style and has four vaults. It additionally contains the tombs of Hatice Hanim, Ali Pasha and Suleyman Pasha. Ardanuc is a sloping region, ascending from 250 m in the Savsat River bowl up to the most astounding point, 3050 m Mount Cadir. Other high mountains are Kurdevan, Yalnizcam and Mount Horasan. The town of Ardanuc is on the western side of Yalnizcam Mount and at the combination of Bulanik, Aydin and Horhot streams.