Hebilli Castle is a ruined castle in
Mersin Province,
Turkey.
Location
The castle ruin is situated in
Hebilli
Hebilli is a village in Akdeniz district of Mersin Province, Turkey. (Akdeniz district center is a part of Greater Mersin). It is situated to the north of Çukurova Motorway in Çukurova
Çukurova () or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' ...
village which is now a suburb of
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 ...
at . Its distance to Mersin city center is .
History
The castle was built by an Arabic commander named Kalah Habellieh in the 7th century. The name of the castle, as well as the village, refers to its commissioner.
The building
The two-storey castle is a small castle with outer dimensions . It was probably an observation castle. The outer walls were made of face stone while the inner walls were of rubble stone.
[Mersin Ören Yerleri, Mersin Valiliği, İstanbul, 2009, p.33]
References
{{Castles in Turkey
Castles in Mersin Province
Archaeological sites in Mersin Province, Turkey
Ruined castles in Turkey
Akdeniz District