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Ruins of the Castle of Lampron, on a spur of the range overlooking Tarsus.

  
 
 
Title Lambron Citadel
Alternative Title Lampron; Lambrun; Lambro; Tamrun; Namrun; Les Embruns; Cumilyalia
Location Camliyayla, Icel Ili Province, Akdeniz kıyısı Region, Turkey
Coverage Armenian
Time Period Byzantine Era
Description Lambron Citadel (Namrun Kalesi) is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes. Situated in the Taurus Mountains, the fortress guarded passes to Tarsus and the Cilician plain.
  Medieval

 

  

Exterior view of the ruins

Interior view of lancet window

interior view of the ruins


Lampron - (Armenian: Լամբրուն Պերդ; French: Les Embruns; Turkish: Namrun Kalesi) is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes. Situated in the Taurus Mountains, the fortress guarded passes to Tarsus and the Cilician plain.

 
 

 
 

Lampron Castle at upper left - Tarsus and the Cilician plains

  

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