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13-542: Limonlu is a coastal town by the river Limonlu . Highway distances to selected localities are as follows: 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to Erdemli 38 kilometres (24 mi) to Silifke (another district center in Mersin Province) and 45 kilometres (28 mi) to Mersin . In antiquity the Limonlu River was the boundary between Cilicia Pedias and Cilicia Trachea , making Limonlu an important border town. In

26-568: A campus just east of Limonlu (called Mersin–Erdemli campus ) used by the Institute/Graduate School of Marine Sciences ( Turkish : Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü ) since 1975. Limonlu %C3%87ay%C4%B1 The Limonlu River ( Ancient Greek : Λάμος Lamos ; Latin : Lamus ), also known as Gökler Deresi , is a river of ancient Cilicia , now in Mersin Province , Turkey . The river rises at Yüğlük Dağı in

39-523: A square bastion is placed inside the circuit wall. Most of the fort’s masonry consists of spolia taken from the nearby late antique city and necropolis. Because of its peculiar layout, masonry, and techniques of construction, it is highly likely that this is a Byzantine castle. An extensive photographic survey and plan of Limonlu fortress was made between 1973 and 1979. Like most Mediterranean coastal towns, Limonlu produces fresh vegetables and fruits. The town used to specializs in citrus production and in fact

52-522: Is a Hellenistic city in ancient Cilicia , Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos (or Lamus) river . The site is on the coast a few kilometers southwest of Erdemli , Mersin Province , Turkey . During Roman times, it was the capital of the Lamotis Region, Cilicia. The town also bore the name Lamus or Lamos (Λάμος). The river is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium , and both the river and

65-687: The Taurus mountains and flows through deep gorges to the southwest until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea at Limonlu (the ancient Antiochia Lamotis ) in the district of Erdemli . About halfway along its course it is receives the Susama Deresi from the west as a tributary. In the town of Limonlu, about 500 metres west of the river mouth on a flat hill on the right bank is the Medieval castle Lamos Kalesi  [ de ] . Below

78-715: The 10th century A.D. it was a Greek frontier post where prisoners of war were exchanged with the Arabs who controlled Cilicia Pedias. The Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos captured the town from the Armenians in 1158, but lost it shortly thereafter to the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia . In the 1160s Vasak, the brother of the Armenian Baron of Papeŕōn ( Çandır Castle ), was listed in the Chronicle of Smbat as

91-662: The 9th–10th centuries, the river was the site of several Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges . The first of these exchanges occurred in 797 or 805 in the reign of the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid and the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I . Within twelve days, 3700 Arabic prisoners were released. The final prisoner exchange took place in 946 under Constantine VII and Al-Muti . 2482 Muslim men and women were released, 230 were kept in captivity. Later exchanges took place elsewhere, since it subsequently belonged to

104-690: The Byzantines. This geographical article about a location in Mersin Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in ancient Cilicia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Antiochia Lamotis Antiochia Lamotis ( Greek : Αντιόχεια η Λαμωτίς ), Antiochia in Isauria ( Αντιόχεια της Ισαυρίας ), or Antiochia super Cragum

117-436: The castle a Late Ottoman bridge crosses the river, probably on the site of an earlier Roman bridge. North of the town are the remains of an aqueduct , which carried water from the river west to the ancient towns of Elaiussa Sebaste and Corycus . The ancient name of the river was Lamos ( Λάμος , Latinised as Lamus , Arabic : اللامس, al-Lāmis ). The river formed the boundary between Rough Cilicia (Kilikia Tracheia) to

130-467: The lord of Lamas Castle. The Armenians maintained possession of this strategic site until the 14th-century invasion of the Karamanids . The Ottomans captured the town and its fortress in the late 15th century. The ruins of the castle are located 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) north of the town and consist of a very symmetrical oval wall and at least five towers. At the west end a large fortified wall with

143-499: The name of the town means with lemon . But lately, tourism has almost replaced agriculture as the most important economic activity. In 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) Limonlu coastal band, there are many summer houses owned by city dwellers ( Turkish : yazlık site ). The coastal band is also used for tent camps. Most of the town houses on the other hand, are rented as summer boarding houses. Middle East Technical University in Ankara has

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156-474: The town by Strabo and Ptolemy . The river, which is otherwise of no importance, formed the boundary between Cilicia Aspera and Cilicia Propria. The town later became the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see in the Roman Catholic Church under the name of Lamus . [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in

169-660: The west and Flat Cilicia (Kilikia Pedias) to the east. At its mouth was the city Antiochia Lamotis , earlier Lamos , formerly the capital of the surrounding region, the Lamotis . Later it formed the eastern edge of the Byzantine theme of Seleucia ( Silifke ), part of the border region of the empire known as the Kleisoura . Thus, the river formed part of the empire's border with the Islamic Caliphate . During

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