Cimenlik Castle, Merkez, Çanakkale Merkez, Çanakkale, Turkey
Çimenlik Castle is located at the point where Dardanelles’s width is the narrowest, on Anatolian side, at the point where Sarıçay river meets with sea.
This historical castle was built by Mehmet the Conqueror on 1462 in order to ensure the protection of Dardanelles. The construction’s size is 110 meters wide and 160 meters long, shape is rectangular and it consists of one outer wall and the main tower in the middle. The place that used to be gunpowder factory is now used as “Piri Reis Gallery” and there are two mosques inside the castle. Fatih Mosque was built with the castle and Abdulaziz Mosque was built later, in 1876, by Sultan Abdulaziz.
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