Guide
The castle, which has come to be identified with the Genoese, stands 2.5 kilometres west of the town of Akçakoca, on a cliff between two bays.
On the south, at the middle of the walls running east to west, is a high tower, and there is a cistern in the inner courtyard. The brick and mortar used here resemble those of the other Genoese castles.
When the castle was built is not known for certain, but given its position among the port cities of the Black Sea coast it is established that the Genoese made it serviceable again at the beginning of the thirteenth century by additions of their own, and it is known as the Genoese castle for that reason.
On 15 April 2013 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list under the heading of castle and walled settlements from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea along the Genoese trade route.
