Kalepark

Kalepark (originally called Leonkastron; and later Güzelhisar, meaning "Beautiful Castle" in Turkish)[1] was built by the Genoese and Venetian merchants as a medieval fortress on the east side of Trabzon, Turkey.

In the 1740s, a palace was built for the Ottoman Governor Ahmet Paşa at the same location, which was destroyed by a fire in 1790.

The castle was frequently shelled during World War I by the Russian naval forces, due to its easily accessible location near the Black Sea coast.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Trabzon soul(Tr)
  2. ↑ Ganita(Tr)

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