Mutsu Province The Meiji Mutsu Province was a region in the northernmost part of the main island that corresponds to today's Aomori Prefecture. At the same time, while the characters of the name were unchanged, the official reading was changed to the "on'yomi" version "Rikuō". Mutsu Province Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa which make up the Tōhoku region. Mutsu, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi and became
Kızkalesi (castle) Kızkalesi (castle) Kızkalesi (Maiden's Castle, also known as "Deniz kalesi") is a castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey. The medieval name of the island was "Crambusa" (in medieval Greek Γραμβούσσα, "Gramvoussa"). At it is about off shore in the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of the island is about and the castle covers most of this area. Kızkalesi, the town facing the island in the main land which shares the same name as the island is to Erdemli (district center) and to Mersin (province center). According to Strabo, the island was used by the pirates