Lampron
Çamlıyayla, Turkey
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Lampron is a castle near Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey, set in the Taurus Mountains. Dated to 1071, it was part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages and served as the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes. The fortress guarded passes to Tarsus and the Cilician Gates.
- Built
- Type
- castle, archaeological site, crusader castle
- Place
- Çamlıyayla, Turkey
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