Route
Ancient Traces
Tombs of kings carved into the rock, the castle on Harşena, a water channel from the Roman period: this route takes you through the city's oldest layers. Along the way there is also a mosque of Byzantine origin, and mosques, a madrasa and tombs from the first centuries of the Turkish period (13th–14th centuries); the route ends at the museum.
Stops
The photographs on the cards are the archive pictures on the stop pages; their credits are given there.
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Stop 1
Burmalı Minare Mosque
1237–1247 · Necmettin Ferruh Bey
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 2
Fethiye Mosque
Byzantine in origin · —
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 3Gökmedrese Mosque and Madrasa
1266–1267 · Seyfeddin Torumtay
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 4Halifet Gazi Tomb
1209, 1225 or 1228 (disputed) · —
Tomb Click to open the page → -
Stop 5Sultan Mesud Tomb
14th century · —
Tomb Click to open the page → -
Stop 6Torumtay Tomb
1278–1279 · Seyfeddin Torumtay
Tomb Click to open the page → -
Stop 7Amasya Castle (Harşena Castle)
From the Bronze Age to the Ottomans · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 8
Aynalı Mağara (the Mirrored Cave)
Hellenistic period · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 9Ferhat Water Channel
Roman period (1st–2nd century AD) · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 10Kralkaya Tombs (Rock Tombs of the Kings)
Hellenistic period · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 11
Kızlar Sarayı (the Maidens' Palace)
Pontic – Ottoman · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 12
Amasya Museum
Present day · —
Other monument Click to open the page →
Dates and coordinates
The dates here are a summary; where the sources disagree, this is shown openly on the stop pages. As for the coordinates: the location of all 12 stops has been verified from independent sources — OpenStreetMap, Kültür Envanteri or the monument's own record on the map; each stop's page says which. No provisional coordinates remain on this route.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL licence.