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Located in the Anamur ilçe district of Mersin Province, Bozdogan village of Turkey is home to the historic Mamure Castle. East of Anamur, on the Mediterranean coast, sits the fortress. On the ruins of a Roman fortress from the fourth century, the Cilicia kings of Armenian Kingdom erected the castle. It was restored throughout the Byzantine era and the Crusades, with the intention of deterring pirates. Alaattin Keykubat I of the Seljuk Turks used parts of the earlier fortifications to construct a new castle after capturing the remains of the castle in 1221. Later, the Karamanid dynasty, an Anatolian Turkmen principality, ruled over it. An inscription by İbrahim II of Karaman in 1450 states that the stronghold was taken during reign of Mahmut (1300–1311), while the exact date is unknown. After Mahmut made renovations, the castle was called Mamure, which means prosperous. The Ottoman Empire annexed the castle in 1469. Following successive repairs in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and eighteenth centuries, a portion of the castle was converted to a caravansarai. The castle spans 23,500 square meters and is encircled by a moat. Wide ramparts link its 39 towers and bastions. There are three primary courtyards in the castle: one each in the west, east, and south. A modest complex comprising a single-minaret mosque and a derelict Turkish bath may be found in the western courtyard. There are lighthouse remnants in the courtyard to the south. This fortress seems to be the same as the one William Henry Bartlett painted in 1836, Kalendria on the coast of Cilicia. The picture and a corresponding lyrical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon can be found via the external links provided below. But Kalenderis, or what is now Aydıncık, another town around 60 km east of Mamure, is the referenced town in the name Kalendria. #History #Architecture

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