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İki Kule
İki Kule (Turkish “Two Towers”) is an unidentified Byzantine castle in Bithynia in a valley by the Göksu, a tributary of the Sangarios (Sakarya) River. It is around 10 km west of Leukai (Lefke, now Osmaneli in Bilecik Province).
Plan from Giros
References
Belke, K. Bithynien und Hellespont (Tabula Imperii Byzantini 13)
Foss, C. Survey of Medieval Castles of Anatolia II: Nicomedia
Geyer, B. and Lefortm J. (eds) La Bithynie au Moyen Âge
Janin, R. Les Eglises Et Les Monasteres Des Grands Centres Byzantins: Bithynie, Hellespont, Latros, Galèsios, Trébizonde, Athènes, Thessalonique
Sources
İki Kule Album (Byzantine Legacy Flickr)
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