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Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Armenian Middle Ages state (1080–1375)
Kozan
District of Adana, Turkey
House of Lusignan
French noble family, 10th century on
Yumurtalık
Yumurtalık (), formerly called Aegeae, Ayas, Lyeys or Laiazzo, is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 447 km2, and its population is 17,654 (2022). It is a Mediterranean port and resort town at a distance of about from Adana city. The resident population of the town Yumurtalık is 5,739 (2022), but in the summer, it rises to 40,000 people since many inhabitants of Adana have holiday homes here. There are also many daily visitors during the holiday season.
Göksun district
Göksun (, or , Koukousós; or ; ) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,942 km2, and its population is 50,676 (2022). It is near one of the sources of the Ceyhan River (ancient Pyramos), in the ancient region of Cataonia.
Anazarbus
thumb|right|300px|General view of the site thumb|right|200px|Anazarbus West Gate Anazarbus, also known as Justinopolis (, medieval Ain Zarba; modern Anavarza; ), was an ancient Cilician city. Under the late Roman Empire, it was the capital of Cilicia Secunda. Roman emperor Justinian I rebuilt the city in 527 after a strong earthquake hit it. It was destroyed in 1374 by the forces of the Mamluk Empire, after their conquest of Cilician Armenia.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia ( and Μόψου Mopsou and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: Mamista, Manistra, Mampsista; Arabic: al-Maṣṣīṣah; Armenian: Msis, Mises, Mam(u)estia; modern Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan River) located approximately east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey). From the city's harbor, the river is navigable to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of over 40 km (24 mi).
Holy See of Cilicia
Canonical See of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Lampron
thumb|19th-century view of castle Lampron by Victor Langlois
Sis
ancient city
Mamure Castle
castle
Cilicia earthquake of 1268
7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Adana in south-central Turkey on May 14, 1269
Mongol Armenia
13th/14th-century Mongol occupation of Armenia
Drazark monastery
monastery
Alara Castle
medieval castle in Alanya, southern Turkey
Nerses Balients
Akner monastery
One of the main monasteries of Cilician Armenia (modern Turkey)
Amouda
thumbnail|The ruins of Amouda Castle thumb|Amouda Castle and Ceyhan River The castle of Amouda Crusader castle, formerly in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266.