Afyonkarahisar Province

sights.uz lists 24 historic and notable places in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. Among them are 16 monuments, 4 eco-tourism sites and 4 museums.

Amorium

Amorium, also known as Amorion (Greek: Ἀμόριον), was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and…

Lake Akşehir

Lake Akşehir (Turkish: Akşehir Gölü) is a tectonic freshwater endorheic lake in Afyonkarahisar and Konya provinces, in the southwestern part of Turkey. It carries the same name…

Lake Acıgöl

Acıgöl (literally "the bitter lake" in Turkish) is a lake in Turkey's inner Aegean Region, in an endorheic basin at the junction between the provinces of Denizli, Afyonkarahisar,…

Apamea

Apamea Cibotus, Apamea ad Maeandrum (on the Maeander), Apamea or Apameia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμεια, romanized: Apámeia, Ancient Greek: κιβωτός, romanized: kibōtós) was an ancient…

Lake Eber

Lake Eber (Turkish: Eber Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Afyon Province, Turkey. The lake used to be connected with nearby Lake Akşehir and was named Tessarakonta Martyron, the…

Afyonkarahisar Grand Mosque

The Afyon Grand Mosque (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Ulu Camii) is a historical mosque in Afyonkarahisar in Afyonkarahisar province, Turkey.

Synnada

Synnada (Greek: Σύνναδα) was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province.

Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum

The Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Arkeoloji Müzesi), also known as the Afyon Museum, is an archaeological museum in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. It…

Afyonkarahisar Castle

The Castle of Afyonkarahisar (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Kalesi) is a historical fortification, which was built around 1350 BC and is located in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. While…

Dokimeion

Docimium, Docimia or Docimeium (Greek: Δοκίμια and Δοκίμειον) was an ancient city of Phrygia, Asia Minor where there were famous marble quarries. The exact site of Docimium was a…

Lake Karamık

Lake Karamık is a lake in Turkey.

Atatürk's House

The Atatürk's House, also known as Great Offensive Headquarters, (Turkish: Atatürk Evi (Büyük Taarruz Karargahı)) is a historic house museum in Şuhut district of Afyonkarahisar…

Victory Museum

The Victory Museum (Turkish: Zafer Müzesi) is a national military and war museum in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, which was used as headquarters by then Commander-in-Chief Mustafa…

Anaua

Anaua (Ancient Greek: Ἄναυα) was a town of ancient Phrygia, later also known as Sanaos. It was located near a salt lake by the same name, now Lake Acıgöl. The town is located…

Çay Han

The Çay Hanı, also Taş Han, is a Seljuk caravanserai in the middle of the town of Çay in the Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar in western Anatolia.

Aslantaş ve Yılantaş

Aslantaş (also Arslantaş, Turkish lion stone) and Yılantaş (snake stone) are two Phrygian rock-cut chamber tombs in the Phrygian Valley, about 40 kilometres north of Afyon in the…

Sultan Divani Mevlevi Lodge Museum

Sultan Divani Mevlevi Lodge Museum, formerly known as the Afyonkarahisar Mevlevi Lodge, is an old Mevlevi lodge located in the province of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. It currently…

Adeyze Mosque

Adeyze Mosque or Atize Mosque is a historic mosque located on Adeyze Street in Hacı Aftal Neighborhood in the city center of Afyonkarahisar. The building dates from the Ottoman…

Yumruktepe

Yumruktepe, also Yumrutepe, is a hill near the Turkish settlement Beyköy. On it lie the fragment of a Hittite rock relief as well as a number of graves from Roman and Phrygian…

Phrygian valley

The Phrygian Valley (Turkish: Frig Vadisi) is located near Afyon in western Turkey and extends from Döğer (at İhsaniye) through Alanyurt to Seydiler.

Aslantaş-Yılantaş

Aslantaş and Yılantaş are two Phrygian monumental rock-cut tombs located in the "Phrygian Valley" in the İhsaniye District of Afyonkarahisar Province, western Turkey. They are…

Çay Medresesi

Çay Medresesi is a Seljuk-era madrasa in the town of Çay in Afyonkarahisar province, central Turkey, built in 1278 during the late Anatolian Seljuk period. It is also known…

Avdalaz Castle

Avdalaz Castle is an ancient hilltop site near the village of Ayazini in Afyonkarahisar province, a region that formed part of the heartland of ancient Phrygia. Rather than a…

Gedik Ahmet Pasha İmaret Mosque

The Gedik Ahmet Pasha İmaret Mosque in Afyonkarahisar was built in 1472 as part of a charitable religious complex endowed by Gedik Ahmed Pasha, a prominent Ottoman statesman and…