The Magnificient Ankara Citadel
Hungry for culture lovers, Ankara offers a multitude of attractions, sights of ancient and modern museums and archaeological monuments and mosques.
One of the main attractions, is now archeological capital of Ankara Castle, the foundations laid by the Galatians, and then settled by the Romans, who sat on the rock leads. Byzantines, Seljuks further made restorations and additions. Many examples of traditional architecture inside and outside the profession, the oldest part of Ankara. recreational areas are available for rest and relaxation. A vibrant cultural life within the walls of the fort a variety of restaurants offering local cuisine and music. Many of the houses of traditional turkish restaurant, both in the entertainment venue.
Museum of Anatolian culture is what remains of the stage and backstage Teatro Romano. Roman sculpture found in the old museum exhibition. Excavation began the President.
Temple of Augustus and Rome, known as the Monumentum Ancyranum, built between 1925 BC and 1920 BC, after the death in August 1914 AD, a copy of the work Res Gestae Divi Augusti mind before in Latin but also Greek translation published on the outer cell wall. Progress by the Romans and later the Byzantine church, the property is located in the district of Ulus.
Ankara Roman Bath is one of the attractions of the city’s most popular and most visited. That’s all the classic features of Roman baths: a frigidarium (cold room), a tepidarium (cold room) and caldarium (hot room). Built to Asclepius, the god of medicine, honor Emperior Caracalla, now is the only option left is the first bath and basement. These places are also in the district of Ulus.
Many of the mosques in Ankara is a major attraction for tourists and religious history of the city. Some of the most important works on protected sites:
Alaeddin Mosque, the carved walnut mimber (pulpit), which is part of a 12th century mosque, the Seljuk ruler, Mesut.
Ahi Elvan Mosque was established in the district of Ulus, Ankara, this fortress built in the late 14′s and 15′s. Particularly important is the mimber peanuts.
Yeni (eaten Ahmet Mosque), the largest mosque in Ankara, the Ottoman Empire, built by the famous architect Sinan in the 16th century. Mimber and mihrap (prayer niche) is a white marble, and the same mosque in Ankara stone (red porphyry).
The scale and leadership in Ankara, Kocatepe Mosque is perhaps the most famous landmark of the city. Newly built in the classic Ottoman style with four minarets. Kocatepe Mosque is also the second in Turkey. Built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter, exciting dimension and location of the Kocatepe Mosque has become a must-ride from the capital.
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