Central Anatolia
Updated chapter from Blue Guide Turkey
Nonfiction, Travel, Museums, Tours, & Points of Interest, Asia
| Author: | Paola Pugsley | ISBN: | 9781910480618 |
| Publisher: | Blue Guides Ltd. | Publication: | February 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paola Pugsley |
| ISBN: | 9781910480618 |
| Publisher: | Blue Guides Ltd. |
| Publication: | February 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A land on the great trade routes between east and west, sprinkled with the remains of old caravanserais, and including Cappadocia with its churches and underground 'cities'; the capital Ankara and its Museum of Anatolian Civilizations; Gordion, where Alexander unloosed the famous knot; Konya, with its tomb of the great Mevlana Rumi dervish; and the vast central plateau with its lakes and its Hittite, Hellenistic and Roman remains: ancient Pisidia (with Sagalassos), ancient Phrygia (the realm of King Midas) and the land of the Hittites (with Hattusa).
A land on the great trade routes between east and west, sprinkled with the remains of old caravanserais, and including Cappadocia with its churches and underground 'cities'; the capital Ankara and its Museum of Anatolian Civilizations; Gordion, where Alexander unloosed the famous knot; Konya, with its tomb of the great Mevlana Rumi dervish; and the vast central plateau with its lakes and its Hittite, Hellenistic and Roman remains: ancient Pisidia (with Sagalassos), ancient Phrygia (the realm of King Midas) and the land of the Hittites (with Hattusa).
