Saturday, October 29, 2011

Kilikia: Anamoureion



Started in late Hellenistic period, Comagenes
A Byzantine Ghost town 5 km west of the town center is an eerie place of semi-ruined stone buildings, churches, public baths, shops, a theatre, a stadium, a necropolis
Founded by Phoenicians, flourished under the romans, but was sacked by the Arabs in the 600s and never recovered. No one wanted to live there which is why it has been preserved
Mamure castle : 3 rd cent. Armenian, Byzantine, Seljuk : best preserved castle in Turkey













Mamure castle

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