Notable Armenian castles

Many of the castles you’ll see were in Cilicia Armenia (now Turkey). Cilicia was a strong ally of the European Crusaders, and saw itself as a bastion of Christendom in the East. Commercial and military interactions with Europeans brought new Western influences to the Cilician Armenian society. Many aspects of Western European life were adopted by the nobility including chivalry, fashions in clothing, and the use of French titles, names, and language. Moreover, the organization of the Cilician society shifte