: Bedrama
: Turkey
: The Pontos, Northeastern Turkey
: 40° 53’ N, 38° 41’ E
: Byzantine
:

Bedrama [Grk: Petroma] is a late Byzantine garrison fortress with a barbican preceding a lengthy stairway to the steep summit.  This site once guarded a road connecting the Black Sea port of Tirebolu with Şebinkarahisar.

 

Ref: Pontos, pp. 191-193; 249-252; Byzantine, pp. 143, fig. 29.

 

Photographs are published in the references above.

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

: Petroma, Πέτρωμα


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
Bm
1
Site Plan(s)
Robert W. Edwards
1977
Byzantine