An earthquake in Gaziantep destroys large portions of a nearly 2,000-year-old Turkish castle.

According to Turkish news agency Anadolu, a castle in southern Turkey that was erected over 2,000 years ago partially fell on Monday as a result of a string of devastating earthquakes that have already claimed over 3,000 lives in Turkey and Syria.

According to the Turkish Ministry of Culture, archaeologists think the Gaziantep Castle has towered over Gaziantep, a city 20 miles from the earthquake’s epicentre, since the first and second century, during the Roman era. Over the years, it was used for both civic and military purposes, according to the government.

The structure stood for centuries before Monday’s violent 7.8 earthquake leveled several of the twelve bastions believed to have been constructed during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the mid-500s, Anadolu Agency reported. Images shared by the news agency also showed the rubble from a collapsed retaining wall cascading over a large hill. The agency said some bastions showed signs of cracking.