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The castle is located 250 metres (820 ft) high on a rocky peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean Sea, which protects it from three sides. The wall which surrounds the castle is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long and includes 140 towers. 400 different cisterns were built to serve the castle. [ 1 ]
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Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes (Akçakoca Castle, Amasra Castle, Çandarlı Castle, Çeşme Castle, Foça Castle, Galata Tower, Güvercinada Castle, Sinop Castle, Yoros Castle) 14/04/2020: II,IV (Eight forts and one tower in coastal Turkey) Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van: 13/04/2016: II, III, IV, VI: Van
Amasra Castle: Roman Empire Bayburt Province: Bayburt Castle: Çanakkale Province: Bozcaada Castle: Ottoman Empire: Kilitbahir Castle: Ottoman Empire Diyarbakır Province: Zerzevan Castle: Roman Empire Elazığ Province: Harput Castle: Urartu: Eskişehir Province: Karacahisar Castle: Byzantine Empire Gaziantep Province: Birecik Castle: Assyria ...
Alanya (/ ə ˈ l ɑː n j ə / ⓘ; Turkish pronunciation:), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city, a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. [2] It is on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya.
Alaiye (علائیه) is the medieval Seljuq name for Alanya (on the southern coast of Turkey). It refers to the city-state in a specific period and the beylik which developed around there, at times under the Karamanid dynasty. After the 1242 Battle of Köse Dağ, the Seljuqs lost control of the city, and it became semi-autonomous.
The Alara Castle (Turkish: Alara Kalesi), is a historic fortification located at Alanya district of Antalya Province in southern Turkey. The castle was built under the Byzantine Empire , and in the 11th century became the western outpost of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1080-1375). [ 1 ]
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