CULTURAL TOURS

CULTURAL TOURS

Karahisar Castle

Karahisar Castle that gave its name to the city, is one of the most important symbols of

Afyonkarahisar.

Karahisar Castle that has been a great value of the city throughout history with its strategic location at an altitude of 226 meters was an important location that must be taken or in

which people take refuge for many powers from Phrygians to Hittites, from Seljuks to Ottomans, from Romans to Byzantines.

Historical Mansions

Attracting attention of the guests coming from outside the city with their colorful appearance, the mansions take people on a journey toward the past. The most beautiful examples of traditional Turkish architecture, the historical mansions that are one of the first settlements of Afyonkarahisar that adorn the skirts of the castle, are unlike each other.

 

Moreover, they don't spoil each other's views.

When you come to these streets of Afyonkarahisar, you feel like as if history is talking

to you.


Mevlevi Lodge

The establishment of Sultan Divani Mevlevi Lodge that is one of the first Mevlevi Lodges in Anatolia, dates back to the 13th century.

Mevlevi Lodge became a very important center for Mevleviyeh, especially in the 16th century, during the time of Sultan Divani who was one of the seventh generation grandchildren of Rumi Since the tomb of Divani Mehmet Çelebi who is considered as the second wise man after Mawlana Jalal Ad Din Rumi is here, the place that is considered the most important Mevlevi Lodge after Konya Mevlevi Lodge by Mevlevis is known as Mevlevi Mosque or Tomb Mosque today.

Kocatepe Monument

This monument is on Kocatepe hill that is 1.874 m above sea level. The hill is in Kocatepe(Büyük Kalecik) Burg of central Afyonkarahisar. The hill is 8 km away from Kocatepe(Büyük Kalecik) Burg and 20 km away from Afyonkarahisar. It is the place where Supreme Commander Mustafa Kemal started and managed the Great Assault on August 26, 1922. The hill can see Sinanpaşa and Afyonkarahisar plains. There are the trenches and Atatürk statue and ceremonial ground.

Music Museum

A very important value where special and precious musical instruments are exhibited, İbrahim Alimoğlu Music Museum is among Afyonkarahisar's unique riches. Museum is the biggest music museum of Turkey. Antique antiques such as radio, gramophone and phonograph and personal belongings of our artists who have made a great contribution to our traditional culture are exhibited in there in addition to a large number of musical instruments from different musical genres with a history of more than a hundred years. 450 musical instruments and musical objects from five continents are exhibited in the museum

that has been established by adding handmade and rare musical instruments from different geographies around the world to the collection. All items in the collection are original

and all of them are usable.


Egg Museum

İsmail Kumartaşlı Egg Museum is the world's sixth and Turkey's first egg museum. Both eggs of animals from different species and eggs that are turned into art works are exhibited in Turkey's first egg arts and museum where everything about egg is in the same place. The egg museum in Afyonkarahisar that is one of the most important egg production centers, exhibits eggs from 240 different breeds from 37 producers in 22 cities of Turkey and the works of 10 egg craftsmen from 9 cities regarding egg arts. Visitors can see samples

of real eggs from 240 different oviparous species in the center where about 100 eggs that have been turned into art work and eggs of many wild animals from sharks to caretta caretta are exhibited.

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