: Tece
: Turkey
: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
: 36° 43’ N, 34° 27’ E
: Crusader, Armenian
:

Tece is a large three-storey estate house (keep) protected by a rectangular circuit wall with the fragments of seven surviving towers.  This site was probably built by Armenian masons for Crusader occupants.  It is located near the strategic coastal highway between Korykos and Tarsus.

 

Ref: Fortifications, pp. 241-244; Châteaux, pp. 247-248.

 

(Site description written and references compiled by Robert W. Edwards)

: none known


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
Tc
1
Site Plan(s)
Robert W. Edwards
1981
Crusader, Armenian
4
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1981
Crusader, Armenian
9
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1981
Crusader, Armenian