Castle· Gelibolu, Çanakkale
Gelibolu Kalesi
Gelibolu Kalesi is a castle in Gelibolu, Çanakkale; Although its exact construction date is unknown, it is thought that its first repairs were carried out in the Byzantine period.
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- 40.4060°N · 26.6712°E
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Although its exact construction date is unknown, it is thought that its first repairs were carried out in the Byzantine period. Although the castle was quite large, only the bastions at the harbour mouth and a portion of the inner-castle walls at the rear survive today. For further reading: Castles in the Dardanelles, Yusuf Acıoğlu, Master's thesis, 2006.
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