Kuşadası, Turkey - view of Güvercinada - postcard, stamp 1988

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Kuşadası - view of Güvercinada
• Publisher: Kayalar
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Turkey stamp (see scan)
• Postmark(s): 1988 
• Sent to:  Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Güvercinada (literally: Pigeon Island) is a peninsula in western Turkey connected to mainland Kuşadası of Aydın Province via a relatively narrow, man-made causeway which is 350 m (1,150 ft) in length, despite the fact that it is still referred to as, and once was, an island.[1]

Castle

The causeway which connects Güvercinada Island with the mainland in Kuşadası.

There is a castle on the island, which is situated across the bay of Kuşadası. The castle walls were built by İlyas Agha while the citadel's construction was commissioned by the Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478– 1546). The outer walls were built in order to prevent an attack from the islands during the Greek Orlov Revolt (1770). The castle walls, 3 m (9.8 ft) in height, surround the island completely. The stone material used for the construction were brought form a quarry at Yılancıburnu. The castle gate is situated to eastern direction in the south of the castle, and is flanked by two towers. The northern tower has a pentagon form while the southern one is cylindric. The inscription over the castle gate is missing as known from its empty place. An inscription on the northern tower consists of four lines, and dates to 1242 AH (1826 AD).[2]