Gözne Castle is a medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.

Geography

The castle is in the Toros Mountains at . It is situated to the south of

Gözne Gözne is a small town in Mersin Province, Turkey. Geography Gözne at is north of Mersin. It is situated in the southern slopes of the Taurus Mountains. The average altitude is . In some locations of the town, both Mersin and the Mediterran ...

town. It is accessible only from the north i.e. Gözne. Its distance to

Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...

is The road to the castle is an all seasons open road. The altitude of the castle is . The castle is open to visits.

History

According to the published archaeological description and plan of this site, this “castle” was probably a fortified estate house. It was built with distinctive Armenian masonry between the 12th and 14th centuries. It also protected a strategic route which linked the Mediterranean coast to Çandır Castle and Lampron, the main seats of Het'umid power in the

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: , '), also known as Cilician Armenia ( hy, Կիլիկեան Հայաստան, '), Lesser Armenia, Little Armenia or New Armenia, and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia ( hy, ...

The buildings

This site consists of two fortified chambers without connecting masonry walls. The one at the east is a building with a vaulted rectangular hall, a defensive doorway, four towers, five extremely narrow windows, and a single embrasured loophole. The one at the west is a two-story hexagonal tower-donjon with two doors and three windows. Projecting corbels at the top once supported fighting platforms. Recently, a picnic area was established to the north of the castle. An extensive photographic survey and plan of Gözne Castle was made in 1979.The survey was conducted under the auspices of the University of California at Berkeley

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References

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