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Kızkalesi (from Turkish: "Maiden's Castle", also known as Deniz kalesi) is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey. Geography [ edit ]
Kızkalesi (English: Maiden's castle) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 1,781 (2022). [2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town .
Travelers to the castle follow Turkish state highway D.400 which connects Tarsus to north. The road diverges to east from the village Dörtler (about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Tarsus). After following the road for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to Çavuşlu village the travelers face the castle to the south of the asphalt road. The last portion ...
The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower appeared on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknote from 1966 to 1981 ...
At least 2,818 buildings have collapsed, including a 2,000-year-old castle and a mosque dating back to 1247 Before and after pictures show scale of devastation caused by Turkey earthquake - OLD ...
Fortress of Korikos in Cilician Armenia built c. the thirteenth century. Corycus (Greek: Κώρυκος; also transliterated Corycos or Korykos; Armenian: Կոռիկոս, romanized: Koṙikos; Turkish: Kız Kalesi, lit. "maiden castle") was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi ...
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The Castle was built between 1566 and 1572 by George, the 4th Earl of Caithness, for his son William Sinclair. According to the Historic Environment Scotland, "[George's] initials and those of his ...