Kızkalesi
Kızkalesi is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Corycus and Elaiussa Sebaste.
Corycus
Archaeological site
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Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi, Mersin Province, Turkey. Corycus is situated 1¼ km northeast of Kızkalesi.
Elaiussa Sebaste
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern coast of Anatolia. Elaiussa Sebaste is situated 4 km northeast of Kızkalesi.
Narlikuyu Mosaic Museum
Museum
Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Narlıkuyu Mosaic Museum is a small museum in Narlıkuyu, Turkey that encompasses a Roman bath with a mosaic tile floor. The mosaic depicts the Three Graces. Narlikuyu Mosaic Museum is situated 3½ km southwest of Kızkalesi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kızkalesi and Narlıkuyu.
Kızkalesi
Village
Kızkalesi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,781. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.
Narlıkuyu
Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narlıkuyu is a village in the Cilician Mountains, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, best known for its "Heaven and Hell" chasms. Its population was 2500 in 2022.
Cennet and Cehennem
Locality
Photo: Gothika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cennet and Cehennem are the names of two large sinkholes in the Taurus Mountains, in Mersin Province, Turkey. The sinkholes are among the tourist attractions of the province. Cennet and Cehennem is situated 4 km west of Kızkalesi.
Kızkalesi
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Turkey
- Categories: archaeological site, fortress, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.45677° or 36° 27′ 24″ northLongitude
34.1484° or 34° 8′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G8PF44X+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 557210886OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Kızkalesi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة قلعة قيز”
- Arabic: “قلعة كيزكاليسي”
- Bulgarian: “Къзкалеси”
- Czech: “Kızkalesi”
- German: “Inselburg”
- German: “Kiz Kalesi”
- German: “Korykos”
- German: “Mädchenburg”
- German: “Seeburg”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Γραμβούσσας”
- Greek: “Κιζκαλεσί”
- Italian: “Kızkalesi”
- Kurdish: “Qesra Keçikê”
- Polish: “Kızkalesi (zamek)”
- Polish: “Kızkalesi”
- Russian: “Замок Кызкалеси”
- Russian: “Кызкалеси”
- Turkish: “Kız Kalesi”
- Uzbek: “Qiz qal’asi (Mersin)”
- Uzbek: “Qiz qal’asi”
- “Kızkalesi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kızkalesi”. Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0.