Route
The Princes' Route
Amasya is called “the city of princes” because Ottoman princes learned the art of government here, serving as governors of the province. This route follows their traces: the places they built, had built, and were buried in.
Stops
The photographs on the cards are the archive pictures on the stop pages; their credits are given there.
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Stop 1Sultan Bayezid II Mosque and Complex
1485–1486 · Prince Ahmed
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 2Çilehane Mosque (Yakup Paşa Zaviye)
1413 · Yakup Paşa
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 3Hatuniye Mosque
1510 · Bülbül Hatun
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 4Kilari Selim Ağa Mosque
1484 (1485 in some sources) · Kilârî Selim Ağa
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 5
Mehmet Paşa Mosque
1486 · Mehmet Paşa (tutor, lala, of Prince Ahmed)
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 6Sofular (Abdullah Paşa) Mosque
1502 · Abdullah Paşa
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 7Ayas Ağa Madrasa and Mosque
1494–1495 · İyas (Ayas) Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 8Büyük Ağa Madrasa (Kapı Ağası Madrasa)
1485–1489 · Hüseyin Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Mosque / madrasa Click to open the page → -
Stop 9
Pir Sücaeddin İlyas Tomb
1482 / 1485 · Gümüşlüzade Ahmed Paşa; Bayezid II
Tomb Click to open the page → -
Stop 10
Madenüs (Mağdinus) Bridge
Roman in origin; 2010 · —
Bridge Click to open the page → -
Stop 11Amasya Castle (Harşena Castle)
From the Bronze Age to the Ottomans · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 12Amasya Bedesten
1483 · Hüseyin Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 13Saraydüzü Barracks
1898–1901; rebuilt 2007 · —
Other monument Click to open the page → -
Stop 14
Kızlar Sarayı (the Maidens' Palace)
Pontic – Ottoman · —
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 14 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.