- Type
- Ruin
- Origins
- 1071 · 11th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Coordinates
- 37.1667°, 34.6022°
History
The fortress guarded the mountain roads leading from the Anatolian plateau down to Tarsus. In the late 11th century it was taken over by the Armenian lord Oshin, founder of the Hethumid family, who for more than a century were rivals of the Rubenids for power in Cilicia. Nerses of Lambron, Archbishop of Tarsus, theologian and translator, was born at Lampron in 1153. In the early 13th century King Leo I seized the castle, and in 1226 Hethum, of the lords of Lampron, married Queen Isabella and took the throne, uniting the two houses. After the fall of the Cilician kingdom in the 14th century the fortress lost its importance and fell into ruin.
What to see
Walls and towers run along the edge of a steep rock, making use of its natural cliffs. Sections of the defences, cisterns and rock-cut chambers survive, and the summit looks out over the forested valleys of the Taurus. Below the fortress lies Çamlıyayla, the former Namrun, a popular summer retreat for people from the coast.
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