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  • Akkale

  • Akkale

    Akkale is the popular name given to ruins of a building complex in Kumkuyu town in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was a port administration complex of the Roman Empire built in the 4th century AD. A part of the buildings was repaired during the Byzantine era probably after the great earthquakes of the 6th century AD.
    Archaeological Site
    Akkale
    by Yılmaz Kilim, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Akkale
    by Yılmaz Kilim, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Akkale
    by Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Akkale

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    Castles and Fortresses

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    Turkey

    Mersin

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    4th Century AD

    Roman

    Byzantine

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    Roman & Byzantine Monuments

     

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