: Tirebolu
: Turkey
: The Pontos, Northeastern Turkey
: 41° 00’ N, 38° 49’ E
: Byzantine
:

Tirebolu [Grk: Tripoleis] is a harbor fortress of late antique and Byzantine construction with conspicuous round towers.  This site guarded the coastal road between Ünye and Trabzon.

 

Ref: Pontos, p. 248; Byzantine, pp. 141-142, fig. 27.

 

No plan was executed.

Additional photos are in the references above.

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

: Tripolis, Τριπόλεις


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
6
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine