photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Dick Osseman | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Tokmar Castle tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Tokmar Castle

Bütün Türkiye resimleri için buraya basınız veya diğer kalesiler
This gallery is in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea topic
Click here for my page with very many Turkish cities or see more castles

10 kilometres from Silifke, along the road to Antalya, lies a castle – Liman Kalesi or Harbour Castle - on a peninsula. It looks nice enough, but since this is a military zone you will only see it on one shot, taken from afar, when I was climbing towards the next castle along the same road, a few kilometres further on: Tokmar Kalesi. It may have been one of the crusader castles peppering this part of the country. I could find no further information.

Tokmar Kalesi lies on a rock of its own, facing a higher rock that itself stands to the West of a small village. The view from that high rock is worth your while. There is a road to the castle entrance, where you will find that though it looks strong enough from afar much of its protective walls have been taken down, so the shots from the central space between the former walls show something of a meadow with some ruins at the edges. I have been informed "Tokmar kalesi is Norberd ("New Castle" in Armenian) or Castellum Novum of Armenian medieval sources. It was one of the important fortresses of Armenian kingdom of Cilicia. Sebastos Heri (Henry) was the baron of Norberd in 1198. "
Tokmar mrt 2008 3791.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3791.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3792.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3792.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3793.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3793.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3794.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3794.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3795.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3795.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3796.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3796.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3797.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3797.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3798.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3798.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3800.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3800.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3801.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3801.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3802.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3802.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3803.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3803.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3804.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3804.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3806.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3806.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3807.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3807.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3808.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3808.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3810.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3810.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3811.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3811.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3812.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3812.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3813.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3813.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3814.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3814.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3815.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3815.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3816.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3816.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3817.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3817.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3818.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3818.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3819.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3819.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3820.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3820.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3821.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3821.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3822.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3822.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3823.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3823.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3824.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3824.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3825.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3825.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3826.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3826.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3827.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3827.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3828.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3828.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3829.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3829.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3830.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3830.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3831.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3831.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3833.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3833.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3834.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3834.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3835.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3835.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3836.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3836.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3837.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3837.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3838.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3838.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3839.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3839.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3840.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3840.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3842.jpg
Tokmar mrt 2008 3842.jpg
Tokmar Kalesi mrt 2008 5411.jpg
Tokmar Kalesi mrt 2008 5411.jpg