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Castle Attractions In Hatay Province

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Hatay Province is a province in southern Turkey, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The administrative capital is Antakya , and the other major city in the province is the port city of İskenderun . It is bordered by Syria to the south and east and the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye to the north. The province is part of Çukurova , a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay. There are border crossing points with Syria in the district of Yayladağı and at Cilvegözü in the district of Reyhanlı. Sovereignty over the province remains disputed with neighbouring Syria, which cl...
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Castle Attractions In Hatay Province

  • 1. Bagras Fortress Iskenderun
    Bagras or Baghrās, ancient Pagrae , is a town and its nearby castle in the İskenderun district of Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains. Strabo's Geographica mentions it as being on the borders of Gindarus, a natural stronghold leading to the Amanian Gate or Amanides Pylae over the Amanus Mountains.
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  • 5. Darb-i Sak Kalesi Kirikhan
    Trapessac is a medieval fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in Hatay Province, Turkey. Trapessac was constructed in the 12th century by the Knights Templar and, together with the nearby fortress at Bagras, guarded the Syrian Gates, the principal pass between the coastal region of Cilicia and inland Syria.The castle fell to Saladin in 1188 after a bitterly fought, two-week siege. Lying as it did at a key point in the Amanus marches between the Principality of Antioch and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, both the Templars and the Armenians were eager to retake the castle. Leo I of Armenia attempted to seize it in 1205 but was repelled by the defenders. The Templars also launched an expedition to recover it in 1237, but were ambushed and badly defeated, suffering grievous lo...
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