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
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Stop 1
Sultan Bayezid II Mosque and Complex
1485–1486 · Prince Ahmed
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 2
Çilehane Mosque (Yakup Paşa Zaviye)
1413 · Yakup Paşa
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 3
Hatuniye Mosque
1510 · Bülbül Hatun
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 4
Kilari Selim Ağa Mosque
1484 (1485 in some sources) · Kilârî Selim Ağa
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 5
Mehmet Paşa Mosque
1486 · Mehmet Paşa (tutor, lala, of Prince Ahmed)
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 6
Sofular (Abdullah Paşa) Mosque
1502 · Abdullah Paşa
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 7
Ayas Ağa Madrasa and Mosque
1494–1495 · İyas (Ayas) Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 8
Büyük Ağa Madrasa (Kapı Ağası Madrasa)
1485–1489 · Hüseyin Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Mosque / madrasa Page ready → -
Stop 9
Pir Sücaeddin İlyas Tomb
1482 / 1485 · Gümüşlüzade Ahmed Paşa; Bayezid II
Tomb Page ready → -
Stop 10
Madenüs (Mağdinus) Bridge
Roman in origin; 2010 · —
Bridge Page ready → -
Stop 11
Amasya Castle (Harşena Castle)
From the Bronze Age to the Ottomans · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 12
Amasya Bedesten
1483 · Hüseyin Ağa, Agha of the Gate (Kapı Ağası)
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 13
Saraydüzü Barracks
1898–1901; rebuilt 2007 · —
Other monument Page ready → -
Stop 14
Kızlar Sarayı (the Maidens' Palace)
Pontic – Ottoman · —
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 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.