Now, look down at the road that runs along the Kýzýl Kule, down to the coast and out to the shipyard. The Alanya shipyard was built in 1228.  

The top part is lined with @barrel vaults@ and has five apertures that lead out to the water. These apertures are connected to each other with gates and every aperture has a width of 8 meters and a depth of 43 meters. The largest ships of that age were gently eased into the sea through these slipways and it