25 May 2012
The Sinop Fortress Prison was our next stop. The actual Fortress was constructed initially in the 7thC BC when the city was re-founded as a Greek Colony. It was extended and repaired several times by the Persians, Romans and the Byzantines. The inner fortress was used also as a shipyard and dungeon and the oldest document showing it's use a dungeon dates back to 1568 .The walls of the fortress are 18 m high and 3 m wide and there are eleven 22m watchtowers, five of them added during the construction of the inner fortress.
(Remember to click on the photos to enlarge them)
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| Note the Fortress Walls |
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| One of the Remaining Watch Towers |
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| Note the use of Broken Greek Columns |
Sinop Fortress Prison was established in 1887 within the inner fortress of the centuries-old fortification and was one of the oldest state prisons in Turkey. The prison was closed down in 1997 and the inmates were transferred to a modern prison newly built in Sinop. It has now fallen into disrepair but is still a tourist attraction. Tom and Fran enjoyed messing about in the old Fortress Prison!
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| Sinop Fortress Prison |
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| Fran Checking out the Cells |
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| Tom and Fran are Released from Goal! |
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| Delapidated Stairway |
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| Tom in the Dungeon! |
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| How it Looked as a Prison. We wonder about that! |
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| Please Let Me Out! |
Note the Shakespeare quotation on the wall. ( It says something about "blood, fued revenge and cleanliness) This was one of many throughout the prison.
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