Amouda
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.189, 36.094
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was 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 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.