Caves are one of impressive natural structures of this landscape. They all have different features. This cave has also its outstanding features like having a historical background. It is one…
Prusias ad Hypium ancient site; strategical site on the way to Constantinople
The ancient way through Constantinople from Black Sea region consists of many important ancient site. All of them had strategical and military importance in the route. One of them was…
Micingirt town fortress; A fortress that is like an eagle nest
Turkish Northern Eastern region was an Urartu domination field. The hill that this fortress was built was former Urartu settlement field. There used to be Urartu graves and an Urartu…
St.Anna Church; One of the greatest in Trabzon
Trabzon was an important region for Christianity. St.Anna church was one of three oldest church. It was built between 884 and 885 AD. In addition to this period, there were…
Archangelos church; A forgotten heritage of Anatolian culture
As we mention , this landscape has multi-cultural structure and we can come across traces of this culture everywhere in Turkey. This cultural structure has a valuable and priceless heritage.…
Penek Church ; A church named as Fortress
Eastern Anatolia is the landscape that hides very valuable heritage. One of them is a church that was built on a peak of a hill. Due to its location, it…
Ice cave; A great form of nature
Turkey is the country of underground treasures as much as historical treasures. Caves are important components of Turkish landscape. There is an interesting cave structure in Eastern Turkey ( Elazığ).…
Harput Fortress; the fortress where milk was used for construction
Urartu civilization is one of the main characters of this landscape. Eastern Anatolia was the main land of Urartu state. One of the masterpieces of Urartu is in Elazığ province…
Balatlar church: A piece of Jesus’ cross was unearthed
Sinop is one of the important destinations in Black Sea region. It was named as Sinope in the ancient era. Also it is known as home of philosopher Diogenes. In…
Kurşunlu Monastery: A home for early Christians
We know that early Christians faced torture and violence by the pagan Roman Empire. So early Christian communities had to hide from Roman Empire’s authorities. They built underground cities and…