Korykos Land Castle Castles Kiwkiros; Korikos; Gurigos; Kourikos; Coricus; Curcum; Curtum; Curta; Corc; Le Courc; Le Court; Curc Comnenus, Alexius Fortresses Chapels Late Byzantine Coastal fortifications The fortress of Korykos was built on previous fortifications by the Armenian kings of Cilicia in the XIIth century. The area was heavily populated in Roman times. The site was if the upmost importance ot the Byzantines and the Crudsaders for the control of Cyprus. The landcastle was built on flat ground and it's double circuit walls, with a double trace, cover an area that is almost square. There are several square towers in the circuit walls. There are three chapels in the castle, but only the southeastern one is Armenian in origin, the other two are Byzantine. The apse, northern wall and a section of the western wall of the Armenian Chapel are all that are remaining. Eustathius Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-4005 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Byzantine Silifke, Icel Ili Province, Akdeniz kıyısı region, Cilicia area, Turkey 12th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Korykos Land Castle
Castles
Kiwkiros; Korikos; Gurigos; Kourikos; Coricus; Curcum; Curtum; Curta; Corc; Le Courc; Le Court; Curc
Comnenus, Alexius
Fortresses
Chapels
Late Byzantine
Coastal fortifications
The fortress of Korykos was built on previous fortifications by the Armenian kings of Cilicia in the XIIth century. The area was heavily populated in Roman times. The site was if the upmost importance ot the Byzantines and the Crudsaders for the control of Cyprus. The landcastle was built on flat ground and it's double circuit walls, with a double trace, cover an area that is almost square. There are several square towers in the circuit walls. There are three chapels in the castle, but only the southeastern one is Armenian in origin, the other two are Byzantine. The apse, northern wall and a section of the western wall of the Armenian Chapel are all that are remaining.
Eustathius
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-4005
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Byzantine
Silifke, Icel Ili Province, Akdeniz kıyısı region, Cilicia area, Turkey
12th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council