Alanya Castle (Turkey)

Mediterranean Region, Turkey See list of castles in Turchia

Alanya Castle is one of the symbols of Alanya, the district of Antalya. It is located on a peninsula that rises about 250 meters from the sea. The total length of its walls is 6.5 kilometers.

The castle was built in the Hellenistic period in the settlement of Alanya, which was formerly called Kandeleri. The history of the castle, which is a 13th-century Seljuk artifact, dates back to the Hellenistic period. The castle was built by the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I, who took the city and had it rebuilt in 1221. There are 83 towers and 140 bastions in the castle. In the Middle Ages around 1200 cisterns were built to meet the water needs of the city, which was located within the walls. Some of the cisterns are still in use. The walls were built in a planned manner, passing through Tophane and Shipyard and ending at Kızılkule