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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The modern-day archaeological…
Located in Turkey, the settlement of Satala (Old Armenian: Սատաղ Satał, Ancient Greek: Σάταλα), according to the ancient geographers, was situated in a valley surrounded by…
Tell Ta'yinat is a low-lying ancient tell on the east bank at the bend of the Orontes River where it flows through the Amuq Valley, in the Hatay province of Mediterranean Turkey…
The Kefeli Mosque (Turkish: Kefeli Câmîi, meaning "the mosque of the Caffariotes", after the inhabitants of the city of Caffa in Crimea, or also Kefeli Mescidi, where Mescit is…
The Atik Valide Mosque (Turkish: Atik Valide Camii, Eski Valide Camii), meaning Old Mother Mosque, is a 16th century Ottoman imperial mosque located on a hill above the large and…
Taksim Mosque (Turkish: Taksim Camii) is a mosque complex in Taksim Square, Istanbul. It was designed by two Turkish architects in the Art Deco style, and can hold up to 3,000…
The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles Church (Armenian: Կարսի Սուրբ Առաքելոց եկեղեցի, Karsi Surb Arakelots' yekeghets'i; Turkish: Aziz Havariler Kilisesi or…
Eşrefoğlu Mosque is a 13th-century mosque in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey
Bin Tepe (lit. "A thousand tells" in Turkish) is an archaeological site on the southern shore of Marmara Lake in Manisa Province, Turkey. Consisting of over 100 tumuli, it served…
Ktuts monastery (Armenian: Կտուց, meaning beak in Armenian) is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery on the small island of Ktuts (Çarpanak) in Lake Van, Vaspurakan…
Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8…
Kalan Mosque (Persian: مسجد کلان, romanized: masjed-e kalân, lit. 'big mosque') is an architectural monument located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was considered one of the largest…
Varakhsha, also Varasha or Varahsha, was an ancient city in the Bukhara oasis in Sogdia, founded in the 1st century BCE. It is located 39 kilometers to the northwest of Bukhara.…
The Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah is an ancient madrasa in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Like the entire historic part of the city, it is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. It owes its…
Kaltaminor is a memorial minaret in Khiva. It is located on the front side of the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa and sometimes considered as part of it.
The Baba Kuhi Bakuvi Mosque (Azerbaijani: Baba Kuhi Bakuvi məscidi) is an ancient former mosque, now in ruins, located in the Old City of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Dating…
The Sheikh Ibrahim Mosque (Azerbaijani: Şeyx İbrahim Məscidi, Persian: مسجد شیخ ابراهیم) is a historical mosque, located on Asaf Zeynalli Street, in the Old City of Baku, in…
The Nizami Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Nizami məqbərəsi), built in honor of the 12th-century Turkish poet Nizami Ganjavi, stands just outside the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. The…
The Tomb of Prophet Noah (Azerbaijani: Nuh peyğəmbər türbəsi) or Noah's Mausoleum (Armenian: Նոյի գերեզման) is a mausoleum in the city of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. As, according to…
The Mausoleum of Yusif ibn Kuseyir was built in 1161–1162, in Nakchivan city.
Vagif Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Vaqif türbəsi or Vaqif məqbərəsi) is a mausoleum located in Shusha, Azerbaijan. It is built to honor Molla Panah Vagif, a poet, diplomat and vizier…
The Saatli Mosque (Azerbaijani: Saatlı Məscidi) is a mosque located in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
The Eger minaret (Hungarian: Egri minaret or Kethüda-minaret) is an Ottoman-era minaret tower located in Eger city, northern Hungary. It is one of the most northern minarets left…
Ihlara, formerly known as Chliára (Cappadocian Greek: Χλιάρα; Latin: Chliará) is a town (belde) and municipality in the Güzelyurt District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. The…