Kozan Castle

Kozan Castle is a citadel of Kozan, Adana Province, Turkey. The castle is situated concerning a 400m 1,300 ft. There is no record over fortifications at the web site formerly in accordance with the Byzantine period. In 705 an Arabian nation assault concerning the town used to be repelled, however its Christlike population opposite deserted the agreement or Sis grew to be a fortified march submit of the Abbasid's. Almost all of the fortress dates beyond the period concerning the Armenian kingdom, the main possible exceptions existence a vaulted ingress hall who should remain a Mamluk-era construction and who carries an Arabic inscription, and past that hall yet at the late of the Armenian-constructed important entrance, a simpler approach that might also have been the unique Byzantine entry to the site.

Inside the fortress are the remains on twain Armenian chapels, each in all likelihood beside the 13th century. Both are heavily ruined, certain is located between the medium imbue about the castle, the lousy intimate a semicircular tower into the past dike concerning the southeast bailey. The fort consists about twins sections among a single outer rampart.The inward fort is within the wicked section. The royal house on the Armenian kings was once a detach fortified shape located simply beneath the castle. It was once dilapidated into 1375 at some stage in the Mamluk counteraction then seize of Sis. Two nook towers about its donjon continue to be adjustable.