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Kozan castle | Hoşkadem Mosque | Former Armenian house

Kozan castle

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This gallery is in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea topic
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Having climbed up its hill twice in a half year (March and September 2008) I took so many pictures of the castle that I integrated them into a separate gallery. In 2013 I complicated matters, with another climb and more pictures. In 2020 I'm putting things in some order.
The Kozan gallery itself shows the town proper.

The Kozan Castle was built by the Assyrians according to the Adana brochure. Of strategic importance, it was later taken by Abbasids in the 9th century. In the 11th century the Seljuk took over, next came the crusaders and the Armenians.
From another source some of the history seems slightly different. This indicates Kozan town lies on the place of the antique Sisium. This Hellinistic-Roman name continued to be used during the Middle Ages, when the Byzantine stronghold of Sis was built (according to what is mentioned above one should say: rebuilt, since this is the same castle).
This source does not mention Seljuk possession, but names the Armenian Thoros II (1145-1169) as the conqueror (with the help of Prince Raymond of Antioch) of this and several other castles (like Anavarza), taking them directly from the Byzantines. In 1152 his position was strengthened when he was victorious against the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus. After in 1199 Leon I Rubenian was crowned king in the Tarsus cathedral, Sis became the place of residence of the rulers of Armenia Minor. Much later, in 1374, Leon Y de Lusignan and his wife Marguerite of Soissons were crowned in the Sofia Cathedral in Sis. Already in 1375 the Mameluks conquered the town, extending their already strong grip on the region.
Ascent
Ascent
Views from castle hill
Views from castle hill
South end
South end
North end
North end
East wall
East wall
Middle part
Middle part
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Ss .1.jpg
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Kozan mrt 2008 3200.jpg
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Kozan sept 2008 5091.jpg
Kozan sept 2008 5091.jpg
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Kozan sept 2008 5107.jpg
Kozan march 2013 9688.jpg
Kozan march 2013 9688.jpg
Kozan march 2013 9701 Panorama.jpg
Kozan march 2013 9701 Panorama.jpg
Kozan sept 2008 5106.jpg
Kozan sept 2008 5106.jpg