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The Citadel
The Citadel

The Citadel is the highest point of the Selçuk fortress in Alanya, Turkey. It was intended to serve as a last stand in case an enemy would have breached the outer defense (which, by the way, never happened). Certainly it wasn't a place you could easily withdraw from!
See in Google Maps: mapy.google.pl/maps?q=alanya&hl=pl&ll=36.532623,3...

The Fortress of Alanya in Turkey is built on the remnants of earlier Roman and Byzantine fortifications, on the 250 metres high rocky peninsula that juts out into the Mediterranean Sea. The sea protects it on three sides.
The fortress was built in the 13th century, following the city's conquest in 1221 by the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat I. Prior to the conquest, the city was known as Kalonoros (and Coracesium in the ancient times). The Sultan promptly renamed it Alaiye, in honour of himself, and made it his winter capital and Mediterranean naval base.
Under the Seljuks, Alanya began its golden era. The fortress itself, when completed, had 140 towers and 6,500 metres long walls. It was divided into the three sections: the harbour with the shipyard and its own fortifications, of which the still standing Red Tower is most famous; the middle section with some residential areas, and the inner section located at the highest point of the rocky hill, known as the Citadel which was intended to serve as a last stand in case the outer defenses would have been breached.
With the collapse of the Seljuk dynasty, control of Alanya passed to the Karamanoglu Dynasty in 1293. In 1427, the city was sold to the Egyptian Mamaluk Dynasty for 5,000 pieces of gold. In 1471, Alanya became part of the Ottoman empire when it was conquered by the Grand Vizier Gedik Ahmed Pasha. The Suleymaniye Mosque and Bedesten in the castle are important remains from the Ottoman period.

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