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  • Anavarza Castle

  • Anavarza Castle

    Anvarza Castle is an ancient castle located in Adana Province, Turkey. The castle had been built to control the ancient city of Anazarbus. During the history the castle had switched hands and partially ruined several times (Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, Crusaders, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Mamluks).
    Archaeological Site
    Anavarza Castle
    by Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 186 m

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    Anavarza Castle

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Adana

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    1st Century AD

    Roman

    Byzantine + Crusaders + Islamic

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    Byzantine & Crusaders & Islamic Monuments

     

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