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Topic: Crusader castles Posted: 06-Feb-2013 at 15:48 |
Agreed. I'm surprised how well preserved some of them are
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Posted: 14-Feb-2013 at 09:10 |
This mosque looks like it was once a church. I've seen similar windows on medieval buildings in the UK
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Posted: 14-Feb-2013 at 15:59 |
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This mosque looks like it was once a church. I've seen similar windows on medieval buildings in the UK
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Posted: 09-Mar-2013 at 20:03 |
Ollios do you have pictures of St Hillarian castle in Girne on the Turkish side of Cyprus, it's one of the most spectacular castles, they say Disney based some castle designs on it.
Also another question, most these castles seem like they were to keep out the Turks.
There were a few built by Turks as well, Alanya Castle, Rumelihisar, Anadoluhisar spring to mind but do you know any more Turkish forts or castles. There are quite a few outside Turkey, how about inside?
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Posted: 10-Mar-2013 at 00:43 |
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Ollios do you have pictures of St Hillarian castle in Girne on the Turkish side of Cyprus, it's one of the most spectacular castles, they say Disney based some castle designs on it.
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Posted: 10-Mar-2013 at 03:54 |
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There were a few built by Turks as well, Alanya Castle, Rumelihisar, Anadoluhisar spring to mind but do you know any more Turkish forts or castles. There are quite a few outside Turkey, how about inside? |
There is no need to rediscover the America. Many Turkish cities have a long history, so they have already had castles. Why would the Ottomans build a new one instead of using old one? They used many Roman castles with small or huge reconstruction or restoration. Didn't those Turkish forts? What did you mean with "Turkish forts or castles"? *First one is rising on Roman Castle. I am not an expert so I can't say something like: this wall is Roman wall, that one is Ottoman or I can't decide like that this castle was rebuilt/ much reconstructed so there is no any connection with Roman history. *Second one was completly build by Ottomans. There was no ruin or old castle. Mamura Castle "The Castle was later on enlarged and used by the Byzantine Empire
and the Crusades. When Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Aleaddin Keykubat I
captured the ruins of the castle in 1221, he built a larger castle
partially using the foundation of the former castle"http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5734/Kilitbahir Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilitbahir_Castle
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Posted: 10-Mar-2013 at 07:59 |
Originally posted by Ollios
There is no need to rediscover the America. Many Turkish cities have a long history, so they have already had castles. Why would the Ottomans build a new one instead of using old one? They used many Roman castles with small or huge reconstruction or restoration. Didn't those Turkish forts? What did you mean with "Turkish forts or castles"? |
First of all great pictures!
St Hillarion's castle really is an amazing place and was still used as a resistance stronghold just 40 years ago!
By Turkish forts I mean did the Selcuks/Beyliks/Ottomans build their own forts. Strategic areas can change, new borders, new foes etc
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Posted: 13-Mar-2013 at 19:27 |
Roman ruins are often used as a basis for later fortifications. Dover Castle is built around an old lighthouse, and the wall of Portchester Castle was once part of a Roman fort
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Posted: 14-Mar-2013 at 11:08 |
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Roman ruins are often used as a basis for later fortifications. Dover Castle is built around an old lighthouse, and the wall of Portchester Castle was once part of a Roman fort
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Yes of course. for example Castle of Tenedos in that region is that kind of Castle. Ottoman was build a new castle with using the old ones stone. And also Romans used ancient castle too
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Posted: 14-Mar-2013 at 13:39 |
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[QUOTE=Bulldog]Ollios do you have pictures of St Hillarian castle in Girne on the Turkish side of Cyprus, it's one of the most spectacular castles, they say Disney based some castle designs on it.
| Disney based his castle on this one - NeuSchwanstein in Germany - one of several built by Mad Ludwig:
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Posted: 17-Mar-2013 at 19:50 |
Originally posted by Bulldog
Ollios do you have pictures of St Hillarian castle in Girne on the Turkish side of Cyprus, it's one of the most spectacular castles, they say Disney based some castle designs on it.
Also another question, most these castles seem like they were to keep out the Turks.
There were a few built by Turks as well, Alanya Castle, Rumelihisar, Anadoluhisar spring to mind but do you know any more Turkish forts or castles. There are quite a few outside Turkey, how about inside? |
How about these Bulldog? http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/city/kyrenia/castle/sthilarion/index.html
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Posted: 21-Mar-2013 at 20:47 |
Some of the towers of Disney's castle do look similar to minarets, especially the tallest one with the gold spire
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