Meydancık Castle
Meydancık Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. The original name was Kirshu and the name of the ruin during Ottoman times was Beydili Kale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yassıbağ and Yenice.
Yassıbağ
Village
Yassıbağ is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Gülnar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 71. It is situated to the southwest of Gülnar. The distance to Gülnar is 5 kilometres and to Mersin is 155 kilometres.
Yenice
Village
Yenice is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Gülnar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is situated to the southwest of Gülnar. The distance to Gülnar is 4 kilometres and to Mersin is 154 kilometres. Yenice is situated 3 km east of Meydancık Castle.
Gülnar
Town
Gülnar is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,416 km2, and its population is 27,889. It is 150 km south-west of the city of Mersin. Gülnar is situated 4 km northeast of Meydancık Castle.
Meydancık Castle
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruins of an ancient castle in Mersin Province, Turkey
- Categories: castle, fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.31679° or 36° 19′ 0″ northLongitude
33.36644° or 33° 21′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G8M8988+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3377012393OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1926306
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Meydancık Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kirshu”
- German: “Kirschu”
- German: “Kirsu”
- German: “Kiršu”
- German: “Meydancık Kalesi”
- German: “Meydancıkkale”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Meydancık”
- Turkish: “Beydili Kale”
- Turkish: “Kirshu”
- Turkish: “Meydancık Kalesi”
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