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Showing posts with label Beauty of Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty of Turkey. Show all posts

Friday, 27 December 2013

Aspendos Theatre

Aspendos Theatre

Aspendos boasts is the beautiful preserved ancient theatres of antiquity.Located in Antalya province of Turkey.Aspendos or Aspendus was an ancient Greco-Roman city Turkey. It is located 7 kilometres northeast of central Serik. it was  repaired and maintained continuously.
Aspendos Theatre


Aspendos Theatre

Aspendos Theatre

Patara Beach Turkey

Patara Beach Turkey

Patara Beach is one of the largest and  beautiful beach in Turkey. The beach is an 12 kilometer-long strip of sand bordered on its ends by mountains, near the ancient Lycian city of Patara.it is the second most important turtle nesting beach in Turkey. 

Patara Beach Turkey

Patara Beach Turkey

Patara Beach Turkey


Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Pamukkale Turkey

Pamukkale Turkey

Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish.Travertine terrace formations at Pamukkale.It is 20 km away from valley in the town of Denizli and it  can be seen hills on the opposite side of the Denizli valley.The ancient city of Hierapolis  was built on top of white "castle". A total of about 2,700 m (8,860 ft) long, 600 meters (1.970 feet) wide and 160 meters high (525 feet).

Pamukkale Turkey

Pamukkale Turkey
Pamukkale Turkey

Bodrum Castle Museum

Bodrum Castle

Located  in southwest Turkey  in the city of Bodrum. The castle now coverted in The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Castle was built by the Knights Hospitaller starting in 1402 as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium. it now houses a one of the world's finest museums.

Bodrum Castle Museums
Magical entry in Bodrum Castle Museum.

Sunday, 22 December 2013

Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut, in southeastern Turkey, Nemrut is  2,134 m (7,001 ft  high mountain.

The summit of Mount Nemrut provides a great view of the surrounding mountains.

Mount Nemrut

Oludeniz Village in Turkey

Oludeniz is a small village located on the southwest coast on                                       the Aegean Sea Turkey.

Oludeniz Village in Turkey

Saturday, 21 December 2013

Blue Mosque Turkey

Blue Mosque Turkey

High ceiling that give the mosque its popular name of 20,000 blue tiles with different patterns are lined with.
Blue Mosque Turkey

Library of Celsus

Library of Celsus

The ruins of Ephesus on the west coast is a popular tourist attraction. In the city of Ephesus in AD 401, once led by the Archbishop of Constantinople by a mob destroyed the Temple of Artemis which was, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Library of Celsus

Friday, 20 December 2013

Göreme Fairy Chimneys

Göreme Fairy Chimneys

Cappadocia this strange and amazing natural rock formations and is famous for the unique historical legacy. One of the beautiful place to see these wonderful formations is the town of Göreme, which is located among a large number of tuff cones, termed fairy chimneys.
Göreme Fairy Chimneys

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

Located in Istanbul, the Hagia Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian in the sixth century Sophia 's Basilica was built in one . Masterwork of Roman engineering , large scale Dome (31 meters or 102 feet in diameter ) for more than 1000 years the largest enclosed space in the world was covered . In 1204 Church was looted by the fourth Crusaders Holy relics.The contains a large collection , and became a mosque when the Ottomans in the 15th century. The Hagia Sophia is a domed monument built as a cathedral and is now a museum in Istanbul.

 

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