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Kalepark (originally called ''Leonkastron''; and later ''Güzelhisar'', meaning "Beautiful Castle" in Ganita(Tr)
File:'Kéraban the Inflexible' by Léon Benett 084.jpg, Kalepark as depicted in
Towers of Trabzon (gallery)
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Kalepark (originally called ''Leonkastron''; and later ''Güzelhisar'', meaning "Beautiful Castle" in Turkish
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) was procured and further fortified by Genoese
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merchants as a medieval fortress
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
on the east side of Trabzon, Turkey. The fortress was built on a rocky outcrop strategically overlooking both harbors of the city: the summer harbor at a distance to the west, and the winter harbor just to the east of it. A few hundred meters to the west of Leonkastron lay the "Venetian Castle", which was a competing fortified trading outpost. In the following centuries many other Europeans settled on the streets between these forts - such as traders from Lviv in Ukraine - and it thus became known as the "European quarter".
In the 1740s, a palace
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was built for the Ottoman Governor Ahmet Paşa at the same location, which was destroyed by a fire in 1790.
The castle was frequently shelled during World War I by the Russian naval forces, due to its easily accessible location near the Black Sea coast.Kéraban the Inflexible
''Kéraban the Inflexible'' (french: Kéraban-le-têtu, 1883) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne.
Synopsis
Jan van Mitten and his valet Bruno (both of Rotterdam, Holland) are in Istanbul, Turkey. The pair are going to meet with Van Mitt ...
by Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
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File:Trebizond, the Scene of the Armenian Massacre - ILN 1895.jpg, The Kalepark featured prominently in the 1895 Illustrated London News.
File:View of a castle by the sea at Trebizond.jpg, The Kalepark in ruins. Drawn by Eugène Flandin.
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Towers of Trabzon (gallery)
{{Castles in Turkey History of Trabzon Province Empire of Trebizond Trabzon Buildings and structures in Trabzon Castles in Turkey