Historical Sites
Historic buildings and monuments that illuminate the past.
Historical Sites guide
This category includes 2,055 published Historical Sites places with location, transport and practical visit details.
Mor Kiryakus Monastery
A Syriac monastery from the 4th-5th century, located on the eastern slope of Kıra Mountain i…
Hasankeyf Ancient City
Hasankeyf, bearing traces of 12,000 years of settlement on the banks of the Tigris, tells th…
Engüzek Castle
A medieval castle built on a steep rock overlooking the Tortum Stream, 3 km from Uzundere. I…
Ahmediye Madrasa
A madrasa with a closed courtyard built in 1314 at Erzincankapı. With its cut stone masonry,…
İspir Castle
Rising on a hill by the Çoruh River, İspir Castle dates back to the 12th century and was rep…
Kurşunlu Mosque and Madrasah
A mosque-madrasah complex dating back to 1701, located on the northwestern skirt of the inne…
Gürcü Kapı Ali Ağa Mosque
A single-domed mosque built in 1608 by Janissary Agha Zakreci Ali Ağa in Yakutiye, Erzurum. …
Caferiye Mosque
This 1645 Ottoman mosque on Cumhuriyet Street in Erzurum was built by the treasurer Hacı Caf…
Murat Pasha Mosque
Built in 1573 by Kuyucu Murat Pasha, it is Erzurum's second classical Ottoman mosque. Its wo…
Cimcime Hatun Tomb
An early 14th-century tomb monument located in Erzurum city center, near the Grand Mosque. A…
Redoubts (Aziziye and Mecidiye Redoubts)
Aziziye and Mecidiye Redoubts, two of the 21 redoubts built on the hills east of Erzurum, be…
Oltu Russian Church
Built by Russians between 1885-1890 in Oltu district center, the church with its cruciform p…
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