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Koz Castle
🇹🇷 Turkey
Koz Castle (Turkish: Koz Kalesi), or Kürşat Castle is a castle in the Altınözü district of the Hatay Province of Turkey, built on a small hill where the Kuseyr Creek starts. It was built by the Principality of Antioch out of ashlar. The castle used to have a gate to the north, but this gate no longer exists and the eastern side of the castle has been leveled, with some original barns left. Some bastions of the castle have remained standing.
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Koz Castle ranks #2,819 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #47 of the 126 mapped in Turkey. The nearest day-trip guide is Jisr ash-Shughur, 34 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Koz Castle?
Koz Castle stands in Turkey, at 36.10389°, 36.19278°.
How famous is Koz Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #2,819 of 7,738 worldwide, and #47 in Turkey. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Koz Castle?
Bagras, about 36 km away.
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