Fındıkpınarı is a mountain town with an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). It is 46 kilometres (29 mi) from Mersin. Situated among pine forests it is a popular summer resort. (Mountain resort towns are usually called yayla) Traditionally, people from Mersin used to spend their summer vacations in Fındıkpınarı.
Above and east of the town is a small garrison fortress consisting of three towers and a single wall which block access to the summit of an outcrop. The masonry and plan of this site date from the 12th or 13th century during the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The fortification was surveyed in 1981.[5] Directly below the outcrop are the traces of a medieval settlement.[6]
On 15 December 1954, Fındıkpınar was declared village [7] and in 1993 the village was declared township .[8]
References
^Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^Edwards, Robert W. (1987). The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 122–124. ISBN0-88402-163-7.
^Gündüz Artan: Mersin Tarih Kronolojisi, İçel sanat kulübü Yayınları, Mersin, 2003
