Gökburç
Coordinates: 36 ° 30 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 34 ° 0 ′ 33.5 ″ E
Gökburç is the name of a hamlet in the Turkish district of Silifke , which contains relics of a Roman settlement and an estate.
location
Gökburç is part of Ovacık Village , which is part of Silifke County of Mersin Province . In ancient times, the area was counted as the Rough Kilikien (Kilikia Tracheia) . It is located one kilometer east of the center of Ovacık. At this point, two paths meet, coming from the Mediterranean coast to Uzuncaburç , the ancient Olba and Diokaisareia . The eastern one comes from Narlıkuyu via the Koryk Caves ( Turkish Cennet ve Cehennem ) and Hasananaliler , the southern one from Atakent , the ancient Korasion, past the ruins of Paslı , Tekkadın and Mezgit Kalesi . The place is thus in the Olbian highlands, about 15 kilometers north of Silifke, the ancient Seleukeia on the Kalykadmos, as well as northwest of Kızkalesi (ancient Korykos ) and twelve kilometers southeast of Uzuncaburç.
description
In the place there are sparse remains of residential houses from the late Hellenistic - Imperial period, mostly in polygonal construction. To the west was a fortified manor ( villa rustica ). Its floor plan was trapezoidal, it was fixed with a surrounding wall, which had towers at three corners. Only one of them has been preserved at a considerable height of around 18 meters and four floors. The ceilings of the floors consisted of inlaid wooden beams, the staircase was probably also made of wood. The walls, between 0.54 and 0.67 meters thick, were pierced by narrow slotted windows. The perimeter wall has two doors to the northwest and southeast. The remains of a wall on the tower show that the outer wall was two stories high. The walls inside the homestead have been buried with the exception of a few remains, a cistern that is used again today is present in the interior. Building materials are limestone hand blocks typical for the area , large monolithic blocks were used for door frames and lintels .
Since the fortification of country estates arose in the 4th century AD, the villa rustica is dated to this time.
Tower with door and wall attachment
tower
Foundation walls in the interior of the manor
Tower and part of the surrounding wall
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literature
- Friedrich Hild , Hansgerd Hellenkemper : Kilikien and Isaurien. Tabula Imperii Byzantini Volume 5. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7001-1811-2 , p. 260.
- Hansgerd Hellenkemper, Friedrich Hild: New research in Kilikien. Publications of the commission for the Tabula Imperii Byzantini Volume 4. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-7001-0771-4 , pp. 60-61.