Route
Ancient Traces
Tombs of kings carved into the rock, the castle on Harşena, water works left by Rome. This route takes you through the layers of the city older than the Turkish period.
Stops
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Stop 1
Burmalı Minare Mosque
1237–1247 · Necmettin Ferruh Bey
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 2
Fethiye Mosque
Byzantine in origin · —
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 3
Gökmedrese Mosque and Madrasa
1266–1267 · Seyfeddin Torumtay
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 4
Halifet Gazi Tomb
1209, 1225 or 1228 (disputed) · —
Tomb Page ready → -
Stop 5
Sultan Mesud Tomb
14th century · —
Tomb Page ready → -
Stop 6
Torumtay Tomb
1278–1279 · Seyfeddin Torumtay
Tomb Page ready → -
Stop 7
Amasya Castle (Harşena Castle)
From the Bronze Age to the Ottomans · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 8
Aynalı Mağara (the Mirrored Cave)
Hellenistic period · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 9
Ferhat Water Channel
Roman period (1st–2nd century AD) · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 10
Kralkaya Tombs (Rock Tombs of the Kings)
Hellenistic period · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 11
Kızlar Sarayı (the Maidens' Palace)
Pontic – Ottoman · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 12
Amasya Museum
Present day · —
Other monument Page ready →
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.