Mersin - the European Hotel - Fountain Square
Place de la Fontaine (Fr.) in Mersin, Turkey, with the European Hotel at rear. A large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey and is the capital of the Mersin Province. 23 levels of occupation have been excavated at Mersin, including occupation by all the major powers of the region from prehistory onwards. Conquered by everyone including the Selcuk Turks, the Mongols, the Crusaders and the Armenians. Occupied by French and British troops in 1918 - liberated by Turkish Army in 1920
Picture No
10270961
Media ID
46558425
Size
4688px x 3199px
(4.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1908
