Karaman Citadel
| Karaman Citadel | ||
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 Citadel from the west |
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| Alternative name (s): | Karaman Kalesi, İçkale | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Construction: | Cuboid | |
| Place: | Karaman | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 10 '55 " N , 33 ° 12' 22" E | |
| Height: | 1040 m | |
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The citadel of Karaman ( Turkish Karaman Kalesi , also İçkale ) is located west of the center of the southern Turkish provincial capital Karaman on an artificially constructed hill.
The fortress is located between Şehit İsa Kırış Caddesi and Behçet Kemal Çağlar Caddesi in the west of the city, on an artificial hill that rises about twelve meters above the level of the surrounding area. It was erected in the 12th century under the rule of the Seljuk Turks on a previous building, possibly from the Hittite period . Traces of a residential building were found that can be traced back to the time of the Karamanids . In the Ottoman period, it was used and rebuilt, spolia from Islamic and Christian times were found.
Of the original three wall rings, only one with four towers has survived. Evliya Çelebi mentions the middle ring with nine gates in his travelogue Seyahatnâme from the 17th century. An old Anatolian residential area with low mud houses existed around the castle until the 1970s. After the citadel was restored in 1965, it was leveled and replaced by a park. Within this complex is the Pir Ahmet Camii mosque (also Hisar Camii or Kale Camii) . Rows of seats and a stage for folkloric performances were set up inside the castle.
literature
- JM Rogers: Lāranda 2. Monuments In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. 5, Brill, Leiden, pp. 678-682.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local newspaper Karaman Gündem on September 5, 2013 (Turkish)
- ^ Wolfgang Dorn: Turkey, Central Anatolia: between Phrygia, Ankara and Cappadocia . DuMont Reiseverlag, 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6616-7 , p. 256 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).