Alanya Castle

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Castle Facts:

Location: Alanya, Turkey.
Built: 13th century,
Condition: intact.
Ownership / Access: --
Notes: Alanya Castle (Alanya Kalesi) is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya.Alanya Castle (Alanya Kalesi) is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya.The castle was built on the remnants of earlier Byzantine era and Roman era fortifications. After the area was pacified under the Ottoman Empire, the castle ceased to be purely defensive, and numerous villas were built inside the walls during the 19th century. Today the building is an open-air museum. Access to the seaward castle is ticketed, but much of the area inside the wall, including the landward castle is open to the general public. The castle is located 250 metres (820 ft) high on a rocky peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean Sea, which protects it from three sides. The wall which surrounds the castle is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long and includes 140 towers. 400 different cisterns were built to serve the castle. In 2009, city officials filed to include Alanya Castle and Tersane as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and were named to the 2009 Tentative List.

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