Korikos
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thumb|300px|Fortress of Korikos built c. the thirteenth century. Corycus (; also transliterated Corycos or Korykos; ; , lit. "maiden castle") was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi (formerly Ghorgos), Mersin Province, Turkey.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.image
- File:Kizkalesi_Mädchenburg_3.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Fortress of Corycus
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 290
- Ancient site.location
- Mersin Province, Turkey
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Mersin Province
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Korykos Zisterne01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Korykos
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- native label
- Κώρυκος
- located in/on physical feature
- Mediterranean Region
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Korykos (du grec : Κώρυκος ; en latin : Corycus ; en arménien : Կոռիկոս) ou Corycos est une ancienne ville de la Cilicie, en Anatolie, située à environ 15 km à l'est de l'embouchure du Kalikadnos (ou Calicadnus, aujourd'hui Göksu Nehri). Le site est aujourd'hui occupé par la ville de Kız Kalesi (anciennement Gorgos), dans la province de Mersin, en Turquie.
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