Frederick Barbarossa Memorial (Silifke)

Frederick Barbarossa Memorial (Turkish: Frederik Barbaros Anıtı) is a monument dedicated to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I located in Mersin Province, southern Turkey.

Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, participated in the Third Crusade (1189–1192).

An inscription was placed close to the point of Frederick's demise by the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in 1971.

The bilingual (German and Turkish) inscription is identical to that of 1971 and reads: The text, although not in perfect accord with the historical fact, conveys a peaceful message.

[5] According to local historian Dr. Mustafa Erim, Silifke citizens ask for a statue of Kılıçarslan II, who was the Seljukid sultan in 1190, next to that of Frederick Barbarossa.

Barbarossa Memorial (without statue).
Bilingual inscription.
Barbarossa drowns in Göksu River from Sächsische Weltchronik ( c. 1280 )
"Death of Frederick of Germany" by Gustave Doré .