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Alanya Castle in the Night

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Aladdin's Alanya Castle in the Night
Sultan Aladdin's Alanya Castle, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.

Alanya Castle is a medieval castle in Alanya, Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Most of the castle was built after Aladdin's, (Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I) conquest in 1220, in the 13th century, on the remnants of earlier Byzantine and Roman era fortifications.
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