Sarventikar
| Sarventikar | ||
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 Sarventikar from the east |
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| Alternative name (s): | Serventikar, Servantikar, Sarovantari, Savouran Kale | |
| Creation time : | before 1101 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Kalecik, Cilicia | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 8 '56 " N , 36 ° 27' 33" E | |
| Height: | 500 m | |
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Sarventikar , (also Serventikar, Servantikar, Sarovantari, Savouran Kale , Turkish Savranda Kalesi , Armenian: Սառվանդօ or Սառվանդիքար) was a medieval small Armenian castle in Cilicia , near Kalecik in the central district of the Turkish province of Osmaniye .
location
Sarventikar is located near the Amanos Gate about 500 meters high on a mountain plateau above the modern Kalecik reservoir (Kalecik Barajı) and played an important role in the defense of the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia against attacks from the east.
history
Sarventikar was besieged in 1266, 1275 and 1299 without success. In 1337 it fell to Egypt as part of a peace treaty between Leon V and the Mamluks .
investment
Only the flat east side was fortified with a wall and semicircular towers. There was only one gate. The upper castle was surrounded by a wall and protected by four rectangular towers. Cisterns ensured the water supply.
literature
- Hansgerd Hellenkemper: Crusader castles in the county of Edessa and in the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia. (= Geographica Historica 1 ) Habelt, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-7749-1205-X , pp. 111-115
- Kristian Molin: Unknown crusader castles. Hambledon and London, New York NY et al. 2001, ISBN 1-85285-261-5 , (English).
Web links
- Maxime Goepp, Benjamin Saintamon: Servantikar (Turquie), Royaume de Petite Arménie. 2004. (French)