Evciler Castle
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Evciler Castle (Turkish: Evciler Kalesi), also called as Kızılbağ Castle, and Evcili Castle is a small medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
The castle is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.. Visitors from Mersin follow to highway norths to Kızılbağ, and from there eastwards to Değirmendere. The castle is situated on a 890 m (2,920 ft)-high hill. It overlooks Kızılbağ Pond. Its distance to Mersin is about 40 km (25 mi).
There is no historical document about the castle, which was formally surveyed in 1979.[1] But, judging from the masonry, it may be a Byzantine or Armenian fortification.[2] It has small rectangular plan and three storey keep.[3]
References
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- ^ Photographs and a plan of the fortification at
- ^ Mersin Valiliği:Mersin Ören Yerleri kaleleri Müzeleri, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p.47
