Eski Feke Fortress Vahga; Vahka; Bahgai; Bagha; Bahga; Vahgaberd; Vakha; Eski Feke Fort Unknown Fortresses Castles Fortifications Byzantine The area was settled by the Hittites in the 16th century BC, the Persians in the 6th century BC, conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 CE, and later passed into the hands of the Romans and Byzantines. Feke commands a pass across the Taurus mountains directly north of Adana, and a castle was built here in the Byzantine period. The name then was Vahka and has since mutated to today's spelling Feke. When the armies of Islam took over Cilicia (Çukurova) in 1081 the Armenian population fled to the hills and captured the castle from the Byzantines. It became an important stronghold of the Rubenid Dynasty, who later became the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. It later passed into the hands of the Mameluks and then the Ottomans. Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-4236 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Feke, Adana Province, Turkey 11th-13th centuries Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Eski Feke Fortress
Vahga; Vahka; Bahgai; Bagha; Bahga; Vahgaberd; Vakha; Eski Feke Fort
Unknown
Fortresses
Castles
Fortifications
Byzantine
The area was settled by the Hittites in the 16th century BC, the Persians in the 6th century BC, conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 CE, and later passed into the hands of the Romans and Byzantines. Feke commands a pass across the Taurus mountains directly north of Adana, and a castle was built here in the Byzantine period. The name then was Vahka and has since mutated to today's spelling Feke. When the armies of Islam took over Cilicia (Çukurova) in 1081 the Armenian population fled to the hills and captured the castle from the Byzantines. It became an important stronghold of the Rubenid Dynasty, who later became the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. It later passed into the hands of the Mameluks and then the Ottomans.
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-4236
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Feke, Adana Province, Turkey
11th-13th centuries
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council