Geben (from ) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Andırın, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its population is 1,448 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
It is a mountain town, the distance to Andırın being about . Near the settlement of Geben is a large baronial castle primarily of Armenian construction (late 11th to 13th c.) with probable late antique/Byzantine remains and a period of Crusader occupation. The two baileys are well-protected with rounded towers. This site was the guardian of the strategic road at the Meryemçil Pass, connecting Cappadocia to the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The remains of a late antique/medieval settlement are in the valley below to the southeast. An extensive photographic survey, description and plan of Geben Castle / Kahramanmaraş was made between 1973 and 1979.The survey was conducted under the auspices of the University of California at Berkeley. This road now used only by Geben residents was an important caravan route in history which connected East Mediterranean cities to Central Anatolia.
See also
List of Crusader castles
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