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Nigde city travel guide
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We have regular trips to Nigde departed from many cities around the country as well as from Istanbul if you would like to have your tours organized as a private one please contact us otherwise you may select one of the small
grous tours that covers Nigde
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Nigde , located on the south
east par of Central Anatolia has a history that goes back to 600.000
B.C. and it used to be called Nahita in ancient antique ages.
The settlement in the area continues nonstop for over 10,000 years now.
Nigde
hold the potentiality of being a center of Turkey with it's great
natural beauties, thermal spas ,springs, ancient ruins, various type of
winter and mountain tourism and with it's great history over the years.
Ciftehan
Thermal Resources, Narlica Thermal Spa and Tourism Center and
Kemerhisar Thermal Spring Spa are some of the important natural thermal
resources of Nigde.
Places to visit in Nigde
Nigde
Museum was the candidate of being Europe's Museum in 2003. There are 6
big halls within the museum where the archeology of Central Anatolia is
being displayed as chronologically. Pinarbasi Tumulus, Kosk / Pavilion
Mound, tools made out of obsidian found in Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop,
tomb ruins, god and goddess sculptures,vase and the imitation of Kofk
Mound House are being displayed in the first room.
Therefore the room number 1 is named as Kosk Mound House. In room
number 2 again very interesting items are being displayed for the
visitors such as; items belonging to mining experts in Camardi Town,
Celaller village and Goltepe Tumulus / Mound, structure of the entrance
of the gallery in Kestel Antique Tin Miner materials found in
Acemhoyuk, Ulukisla and Darbogaz Towns, and the foundlings of pavilion
which was discovered during the scraping in Acemhoyuk / Purushand
Resource.
The steller of fortune and storm gods from one of the late Hittites
kingdoms "Nahita Kingdom" and Tyana / Tuvanuva Kingdom scripts written
in Hittites Hieroglyph, foundlings of Kaynarca Tumulus, ceramics from
Phrygia Age and the Lion of Guludag are being displayed in the third
room. The 4th room is displaying items and foundlings from Hellenistic,
Ancient Rome and Byzantine Empire Age. The 5th room is persevered for
displaying Mummy and Coins. The Ethnographic works are being displayed
on the last room, room number 6.
Ruins and ancient sites; Gumusler Monastery (which is one of the best
and biggest preserved monastery in Cappadocia Region), Goludag Ruins,
Goltepe / Kestel Site Ruins, Porsuk Tumulus Cite Ruins and Tyana
Kemerhisar Ruins.
Mosques; Alaeddin Mosque, Sungurbey Mosque,
Hanim Mosque, Murat Pasa , Celebi Husamettin / Disari, Kigili and Sir
Ali Mosques are only some of the mosques in the city.
Tombs; Hudavent Hatun Tomb, Gundogdu Tomb, Sari Saltuk Tomb, Sirali Tomb, Dortayak and Serefali Tombs.
Ulukisla
Okuz Mehmet Pasa Kulliye (an arabic word describing a complex of
buildings located around a mosque, that includes hamam, kitchens,
clinics, bakers etc.) is one of the top Classical Ottoman Architecture
and is being named as Pasa Hani or Kisla or Ulukisla Caravansary in
public. This Kulliye was the inspiring resource for famous Turkish Poet
Faruk Nafiz Camlibel in his "Han Duvarlari" Poem.
Nigde Castle the exact construction date is unknown and it had damaged
reaching to our present days. Ottoman Empire Sadrazam / grand vizier
Ishak Pasa has ordered to make a restoration to castle in 1740 and the
clock tower constructed on one of the bastion of the castle is
considered as the symbolize of Nidge City for it's eye taking beauty.
Aladaglar National Park of Nigde which is currently under protection
area is an exactly geomorphology open air museum. It is one of the
unique and tectonically active places of whole Turkey and the natural
panoramic view is breath taking beautiful in the region.
Nigde city pictures
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