: Evciler
: Turkey
: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
: 37° 02’ N, 34° 29’ E
: Armenian, Byzantine
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Evciler is a Byzantine garrison fortress with a keep, a rectangular circuit wall, and one conspicuous round tower.  It once guarded a road through the Taurus Mts. between Cappadocia and the Mediterranean Sea.  It is located northeast of the Hetʽumid stronghold at Çandır (Papeṙōn).

 

Ref: Fortifications, pp. 119-120; Expedition, Ch. 9; Châteaux, pp. 207-208.

 

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

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Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
Ev
1
Site Plan(s)
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian, Byzantine
7
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian, Byzantine
7
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian, Byzantine