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Anamur & Anemurium

Mersin · Sea & Coast

Miniature relief of Anamur & Anemurium
AI drawing · Open data

Ask where the southernmost tip of Anatolia is, and many of us would pause over the map for a moment… The answer is Cape Anamur. On clear days, they say, the mountains of Cyprus appear on the horizon. The cape takes its name from the winds here too; the Anemurion of antiquity is a name meaning “windy cape”. So what was life like, centuries ago, on this windy cape at the edge of the sea?