MAMURE CASTLE

MAMURE CASTLE
It is situated nearly at the 7 th km southeast of Anamur. It is the meeting point of Bozyazı Anamur highway and the coast the castle was constructed by the Romans in the 3 rd century A.D. after thet, it was used by the Byzantines, when Seljuks got the control of the castle in 1221, they constructed a Mosque inside of the castle and a Turkish bath out of it. Those construcions remained sound until our time. The castle has 39 towers and while one half of it is surrounded by the sea, the other half is surrounded by a ditoh. It is consisted of 3 courtyards. The historical mosque with a single minaret at the western courtyard which was repaired, is still avail able for worship.