Limonlu

	Limonlu
Basic data
Province (il) :	Mersin
District ( ilçe ) :	Erdemli
Coordinates :	36 ° 33 ' N , 34 ° 14' E Coordinates: 36 ° 33 '21 " N , 34 ° 14' 10" E
Height :	10 m
Residents :	3,445 (2014)
Telephone code :	(+90) 324
Postal code :	33 xxx
License plate :	33
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Mayor :	Mehmet Topkara ( MHP )

Lamos Kalesi

Drawing of the place by Victor Langlois , 1891

Limonlu was a municipality in the Erdemli district of the Turkish province of Mersin . Since a regional reform in 2014, Limonlu has been part of the Erdemli district center.

Limonlu is located in the south of the district on the Mediterranean Sea on the D-400 highway ( European route 90 ), about nine kilometers southwest of Erdemli and 45 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Mersin . In addition to agriculture, tourism is the main source of income for the place today.

In Limonlu the Limonlu Çayı (ancient Lamos ), which in ancient times formed the border between the plains (Kilikia Pedias) and the Rough Kilikien (Kilikia Tracheia) , flows into the sea. The medieval castle Lamos Kalesi is located on a flat hill on the west bank, about 500 meters from the mouth . The place is already mentioned by Strabo under the name Lamos , but almost no traces of the ancient settlement have survived. To the north of the village, an aqueduct leads from the river, which was also named Lamos in ancient times, to the towns of Elaiussa Sebaste and Korykos to the west . The area around the place was called Lamousia in ancient times .

To the east of Limonlu is the Institute for Marine Sciences (Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü) of the Technical University of the Middle East from Ankara.

Worth seeing

Near the Lamos Kalesi Castle, a road leads inland, which leads to the Byzantine church of Batısandal and on to the late Roman town of Öküzlü .

Individual evidence

^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 19, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed December 19, 2015
↑ Philipp Pilhofer: Early Christianity in the Kilikisch-Isaurischen Bergland = texts and studies on the history of early Christian literature (TU) Volume 184. De Gruyter 1918 ISBN 978-3-11-057381-7 p. 15 note 7.
^ Institute of Marine Sciences

[Infobox_Ort_in_der_Türkei.EinwohnerOrt-1] Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 19, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed December 19, 2015

[2] Philipp Pilhofer: Early Christianity in the Kilikisch-Isaurischen Bergland = texts and studies on the history of early Christian literature (TU) Volume 184. De Gruyter 1918 ISBN 978-3-11-057381-7 p. 15 note 7.

[3] Institute of Marine Sciences