: Keçi
: Turkey
: The Pontos, Northeastern Turkey
: 40° 21’ N, 39° 42’ E
: Byzantine
:

Keçi / Kovans [Grk: Kouazi] is a large Byzantine garrison fortress with two impressive baileys.  It is near the strategic highway linking Trabzon to Erzurum.

 

Ref: Pontos, pp. 211-213, 276-280; Byzantine, p. 312, fig. 110.

 

Additional photos are in the references above.

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

: Kovans, Kouazi, Keci, Κούαζι


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
Ke
2
Site Plan(s)
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine
2
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine
6
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine