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The Alara Castle (Turkish: Alara Kalesi) is a historic fortification located at Alanya district of Antalya Province in southern Turkey.The castle was built under the Byzantine Empire and in the 11th century became the western outpost of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1080-1375). It had the function to safeguard the caravans from holdup robberies that were stopping over at the last caravanserai Alarahan on the Silk Road to the sea situated 300–400 m (980–1310 ft) in the south.

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