Şanlıurfa Province

sights.uz lists 21 historic and notable places in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Among them are 15 monuments, 2 eco-tourism sites and 4 museums.

Edessa

Edessa (Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the…

Karahan Tepe

Karahan Tepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The site is in the same geographical region as Göbekli Tepe, and archaeologists have also…

Sultantepe

Sultantepe (Huzirina?), a tell with a temple complex from the Late Assyrian, an archeological site at the edge of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, now in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.…

Apamea on the Euphrates

Apamea or Apameia (Greek: Απάμεια, Syriac: ܐܦܡܝܐ) was a Hellenistic city on the left (viz., the eastern) bank of the Euphrates, opposite the famous city of Zeugma, at the end of…

Balıklıgöl

Balıklıgöl (or Pool of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake), is a pool in the southwest of the city center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where…

Ulu Camii

The 12th-century Grand Mosque of Urfa is a congregational mosque in Urfa, Turkey. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Christian church, in this case possibly one…

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museums or Şanlıurfa Museum (Turkish: Şanlıurfa Müzesi) are located in the south-eastern city of Şanlıurfa (also known as Urfa), Turkey. The…

Şanlıurfa Archaeological Museum

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museums or Şanlıurfa Museum (Turkish: Şanlıurfa Müzesi) are located in the south-eastern city of Şanlıurfa (also known as Urfa), Turkey. The…

Şanlıurfa Castle

Şanlıurfa Castle, or Urfa Castle in short, is a castle overlooking the city center of Şanlıurfa (previously Edessa), Turkey. The castle was built by the Osroene in antiquity and…

Lidar Höyük

Lidar Höyük is a mound located in the northwest of Şanlıurfa, 23 km north of the district of Bozova. It was partially under Lidar Village, which lies under the waters of Atatürk…

Birecik Kalesi

Birecik Castle is a historic castle located within the boundaries of the Birecik district of Şanlıurfa Province. Because it was built on a white limestone hill, it is also known…

Carrhae

Harran (Hebrew: חָרָן, Ḥārān) is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose ruins might be in the city of Harran, which lie within present-day Turkey. Haran first appears in the…

Harran Castle

The Harran Castle (Turkish: Harran Kalesi) or Harran Citadel is a castle ruin in Harran, Turkey. Most of the present structure dates to the Ayyubid Sultanate c. 1200 but the…

Sefer Tepe

Sefer Tepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A archaeological site in the Urfa region of Turkey. It participates to the T-shaped pillar tradition seen at Göbekli Tepe. It is part of the…

Buk û Zava

Buk û Zava is an as yet unexplored cave system on one of the cliff sides of the Euphrates River in Turkey. It lies near Ciftekoz, a Kurdish village in Araban (Southeastern…

Hassek Höyük

Hassek Höyük (also Hassek Hüyük) is an ancient Near East archaeological site, located on the left bank of the Euphrates River in the Şanlıurfa Province of southeastern Turkey. It…

Harbetsuvan Tepesi

Harbetsuvan Tepesi is an archaeological site located within the boundaries of the Eyyübiye district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Excavations have uncovered "T"-shaped…

Sayburç site

Sayburç is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9th millennium BCE) archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The site is in the same geographical region as Göbekli Tepe. The relief is…

Great Mosque of Harran

The Great Mosque of Harran (also known simply as the Grand Mosque or the Garden Mosque) is a mosque in the Harran district of the province of Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The oldest mosque…

Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum

The Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum is an archaeological museum located in Ayoubye district of Shanliurfa.

Şanlıurfa Museum of Traditional Handicrafts

Şanlıurfa Museum of Traditional Handicrafts is an ethnography museum established in the city center of Şanlıurfa with the purpose of promoting, preserving, and selling…