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Promenade

Ulutan Dam Lake at the center, Kızılcapınar Dam Lake and Gülüç Dam Lake in Ereğli, Dereköy Pond at Çatalağzı borough and Çobanoğlu Pond (18 ha.) at Karapinar borough are drinking water or industrial aimed artificial lakes. Environs of these lakes are used as daily recreation areas by regional residents. Harmankaya at Center Kokaksu site, Değirmenağzı at Kozlu borough and Güneşli Waterfalls at Ereğli, are the most important waterfalls of the city, and used for trekking

- Visiting the Archaeology Museum, the Ethnographic Museum and Ataturk’s house centre.

- Visiting Ulu Camii, Sabanci Merkez Camii, Bebekli Church, the Stone Bridge over the river Seyhan, and the old house of Adana in Tepebas.

- Visiting the ruins of Anavarza, Sar, Misis and the bird sanctuary at Akyatan and Agyatan.

- Feasting on Adana kebap and drinking salgam and aslama (a licorice drink). (more…)

Elmalı Church, Barbara Church, Yılanlı Church

CULTUREL DETAILS OF NEVŞEHİR

Elmalı Church

It is a structure with a central dome, transverse vault, cruciform plan and four piers. The frescoes are dated to the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The apple orchard that stands before the main entrance, which earlier collapsed has given this structure its name. In the frescoes, scenes from Jesus’ life and the Old Testament are depicted. From beneath the frescoes which are peel ing away in places can be seen  simple pictures in red from the iconoclastic period.

Barbara Church

The church which takes its name from the depiction of St.Barbara verse vaulted, cruciform plan and two pillars is locatec behind Elmalı church and dated to the first half of the eleventh century ıt has symbolic figures and designs in red paint on the walls and in some of the frescoes jesus Christ, St. George and St. Theodore appear. Another notable aspect of the church are the charming motifs of fish, rooster and crosse, which are characteristic of the iconoclastic period and which are done in red ocher.

Yılanlı Church

Its frescoes which were applied directly to the wall belong to the eleventhh century. The structure which has been divided into two sections by straight lines in red ocher to imitate a fill structure; the first section is hemispherical vaulted and the second has a flat ceiling. To the left of the entrance is a cross on either side of which is the Emperor Constantie and Empress Helena next to which is St. George and St. Theodore in a portrayal of the scene where a snake is killed. On the opposite wall is Jesus holding a book; another fresco depicts Onophrios and Basileios.

What to Buy

The carpets of Van are very famous. Many kinds of handcraft, and ornament objects can be purchased from the Bazaars.

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İznik is located on the banks of the lake of the same name in the province of Bursa in the north-western part of Anatolia. In antiquity it lay within the borders of the Bithynian region. One legend says that the town was established on the return of the God Dionysus from India. According to another legend, İznik was colonized by the soldiers who escorted Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) during his conquests.

When Antigonas Monophthalmus founded the city in 316 B.C., there was already a settlement of the Bottiaei people here, called Elikore, but Antigonas called the town Antigoneia after himself. After the battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.), one of Alexander’s generals, (more…)

Geography

The climate type of the Yalova Province displays a transition climate property between Mediterranean and Black Sea Region climates. The region occasionally reflects the properties of terrestrial climate and the summer seasons are hot and dry while winter seasons are mild and highly precipitant.

Contact Information

Governorship : (+90-252) 214 10 01

Municipality : (+90-252) 411 40 43

Hospital : (+90-252) 214 13 23 - 214 13 24

Police : (+90-252) 214 15 29

Gendarme : (+90-252) 317 05 88

Provincial Directorate : (+90-252) 214 12 61

Provincial Cultural Directorate : (+90-252) 214 83 43 - 214 60 06

Tourism Information Office : (+90-252) 316 10 91

Sites

Archaeological Sites: 28
rban Sites: -
Natural Sites: 5 (more…)

İznik Tiles are admired worldwide for the following reasons:

• İznik Tiles are made on a very clean white base with hard backs and underglazed decorations in a unique technique.

• 70-80 percent of an İznik tile is composed of quartz and quartzite. Its beauty arises from the harmonious composition of three successive quartz layers and a paste-slip-glaze combination which is extremely difficult to bring together. The mixture of quartz, clay and glaze disperses in a very wide thermic spectrum at 900 centigrade. After painstaking research, the problem (more…)