Month: April 2019
Vazelon Monastery; One of the earlier monasteries of Anatolia
Monasteries are important building of this landscape because their existence prove that this landscape is the junction point of all cultures in the world. There is a monastery that is older than Sümela Monastery in Trabzon (Eastern Black Sea region). Its name […]
Talas underground city; An underground city with a cistern
Talas underground city is an important sightseeing place for Turkey. It is located in Kayseri county of Turkey. Although Central Anatolia has many underground cities, Talas underground city has some outstanding features. This is the story; This underground city was constructed in […]
Monastery of Tekkale: A sample of Georgian churches
As we always mention, Turkey hosts many civilizations and different cultures. Georgian style churches are one of the a wide cultural heritage items in this landscape. I will introduce you our cultural heritage building ” Monastery of Tekkale” or ” four churches” […]
Phokaia ancient site; A site of iron-steel
Phokaia ancient site is a very special site although it isn’t known very well. Phokaia ancient site is located in Foça district of İzmir. The story of the ancient site is as follows; Phokaia was built around second half of 3000 BC. […]
Kyme ancient site; A site of glorious times
Kyme ancient site was one of the most important sites of Aegean region. It is located on the way of İzmir. Let’s listen to the story of Kyme; Kyme was constructed around 2000 BC by Greek communities. It was founded on fertile […]
Water transfer systems: the oldest system is in Thrace
Water has been most important element of human being life since we have been here. Earlier settlements were founded nearby river banks in history. Transferring water became an vital issue in the past. The title of this article became a smart solution […]
Priapos ancient site; A site where Persians were beaten by Alexander the Great
Indeed Priapos ancient site isn’t a well known ancient site. It was a small site that was member of Attic- Delos Marine Unity. It is thought that it had the name of Priapos who was the son of Dionysos and Aphrodite. It […]
Religion of Antinous: A religion that was born from a gay love
We have a different title here. I will give brief information on a religion that was born from a gay love: Religion of Antinous. This is the story; We are going back to 123 AD and we are in Claudiopolis (today’s Bolu […]
Damlataş Cave: A great cave of nature
When you have an opportunity to visit Alanya, the most outstanding sightseeing place is Damlataş Cave. This sightseeing place is discovered by a chance and it is thought that it was formed between 20000 BC and 15000 BC. It has an original […]
Justinianus I was the emperor who left a big heritage for today’s world. He gave a new order to East Roman Empire. He decorated New Rome (Constantinople). In addition to his services to East Roman Empire, he had a legendary project; Codex […]