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Trapessac () is a fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in , . Trapessac was constructed in the 12th century by the and, together with the nearby fortress at , guarded the , the principal pass between the coastal region of and inland Syria.Robert W. Edwards, The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1987), p. 253.

The castle fell to in 1188 after a bitterly fought, two-week siege. Lying as it did at a key point in the marches between the Principality of Antioch and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, both the Templars and the Armenians were eager to retake the castle. Leo I of Armenia attempted to seize it in 1205 but was repelled by the defenders. The Templars also launched an expedition to recover it in 1237, but were ambushed and badly defeated, suffering grievous losses.

It was reoccupied by Hetoum I in 1261 after the captured it in their invasion of Syria. However, the Armenians were not to hold it long. After the defeat of the Armenian army at the Battle of Mari in 1266, Hetoum agreed to surrender the fortress to the to ransom his son Leo. It passed into the hands of the Mamluk sultan in 1268.

In 1280, the fortress was temporarily regained by when he advanced to sack , only to be abandoned when he withdrew from Syria.


See also
  • List of Crusader castles


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