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Floating on the Mediterranean Sea, this castle protected an ancient port city for hundreds of years.
数百年来，这座漂浮在地中海上的城堡一直守护着这座古老的港口城市。
It's also a place shrouded in myth where a legendary princess met a certain fate.
这座笼罩着神话面纱的城堡还是一位传奇公主遭遇宿命的地方。
Just about 700 feet off the coast of Southern Turkey,
基兹卡雷斯城堡，即“少女城堡”，距离土耳其南部海岸仅700英尺（约213m）左右，
the Kizkalesi, or maiden's castle, sits on an island so tiny it looks like it's standing on water.
城堡依托的小岛非常袖珍，放眼望去，城堡仿佛直接漂浮于水面之上。
The walls and towers of the castle date back to the early 12th century, although exactly who built it is a mystery.
城堡的城墙和塔楼可追溯到12世纪初，尽管建造者究竟是谁这一谜题一直悬而未决。
According to one legend, a Byzantine king built the castle after a fortune teller told him that his only daughter would die from a snake bite.
有传说称，是一位拜占庭国王建造了这座城堡，因算命先生告诉他，他膝下唯一的女儿会因蛇咬遭遇不测。
Despite the king's efforts to protect the princess,
为了保护公主，国王想尽了办法，
a snake snuck in by hiding in a fruit basket and the princess met her unfortunate fate.
仍有一条蛇躲在水果篮里偷偷溜进了城堡，公主还是遭遇了不幸。
Fortified walls wrap around the entire complex with eight towers providing 360-degree views,
城堡四周均有防御工事包围，还有八座塔楼提供360°无死角防控视野，
making the castle an effective first line of defense against enemy ships approaching the port.
城堡也因此成为了抵御敌舰靠近港口的第一道防线。
The legend of the 12th century may be a thing of the past,
12世纪的传说或许已成过往云烟，
but the stone walls of the fortress still stand today, keeping their secrets.
但堡垒的石墙依然屹立至今，一直保守着城堡内的秘密。
