Lampron
Lampron is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Castle in Çamlıyayla, Mersin, Turkey
- Also known as: “Lambron”, “Les Embruns”, “Namrun”, and “Tamrun”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sinap Castle.
Sinap Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çamlıyayla and Fakılar.
Çamlıyayla
Town
Çamlıyayla is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 602 km2, and its population is 8,164. Çamlıyayla is a small district high in the Taurus Mountains.
Fakılar
Village
Fakılar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çamlıyayla, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 771. It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. Fakılar is situated 4½ km east of Lampron.
Sebil
Village
Sebil is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çamlıyayla, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,726. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Sebil is situated 6 km southwest of Lampron.
Lampron
- Categories: castle, archaeological site, crusader castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Çamlıyayla İlçesi, Mersin Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.16674° or 37° 10′ 0″ north
Longitude
34.60223° or 34° 36′ 8″ east
Elevation
1,302 metres (4,272 feet)
Open location code
8G9P5J82+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Lampron” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լամբրոն”
- Bulgarian: “Ламброн”
- Catalan: “Lampron”
- Dutch: “Lampron”
- French: “Lampron”
- French: “Namrun Kalesi”
- German: “Burg Lampron”
- German: “Lambron”
- German: “Lampron”
- German: “Namrum Kalesi”
- Greek: “Λαμπρόν”
- Greek: “Λεζ Αμπρέν”
- Greek: “Ναμρούν”
- Greek: “Ταμρούν”
- Italian: “Lampron”
- Macedonian: “Намрунска тврдина”
- Persian: “لامبرون”
- Polish: “Lampron”
- Russian: “Ламброн (крепость)”
- Russian: “Ламброн”
- Slovenian: “Lampron”
- Spanish: “Lampron”
- Turkish: “Lampron Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Namrun Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ламброн”
- Western Armenian: “Լամբրոն”
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