Amouda
Osmaniye · Archaeological site
Photo: Klaus-Peter Simon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Palace and tower
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Osmaniye
- Elevation
- 76 m
- Wikidata
- Q474357
About
The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266.
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Location
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