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Location:

  • Türkiye, Kızkalesi
  • geo:36.491138,34.125816
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Watchtower
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=19662

Annotations

It is located on the ancient Roman road from Korykos to Olba-Diocasearea. It is estimated that it was built for patrolling pirate activities along the coast of Korykos. It is also know that these towers were also used for storing the grain.


Nearby

Gücük tower

Gücük tower

Adamkayalar (1 km)

Hellenistic and Roman and Late Roman periods settlement.

Adamkayalar (1 km)

Adamkayalar. Men of Rock.


This object was added by Olba Yolu on 2014-11-24. Last update by Olba Yolu on 2014-11-25. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/19662 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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