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  • Kızkalesi Castle

  • Kızkalesi Castle

    Kızkalesi or Maiden's Castle, is a castle located on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey. It was originally built by Alexios I Komnenos of Byzantine Empire after the First Crusade in the 11th century AD. The castle was later extensively rebuilt by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Ancient City of Korykos.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Kızkalesi Castle
    by Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Kızkalesi Castle

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2014

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Mersin

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    11th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Armenian

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    Byzantine & Armenian Monuments

     

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