Showing posts with label civilizations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civilizations. Show all posts

History, civilization and tolerance: The City of Antioch

Which is one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, in Hatay, hosted by the traces of many civilizations and empires, still it can be seen as the first day. Anatolia, the Middle East that are on roads that link the Hatay, it features a very rich in terms of tourism potential. With tolerant approaches Hataylıların Islam, Christianity and Judaism can live together for many years the city, reminiscent of an open-air museum.
Hatay, which is the symbol for those who look nice in the first outing of Independence Avenue is recommended. This street is a temple belonging to 3 different religions together with the host makes a difference. This is the street coming mosque, synagogue and church gezebiliyor, everyone is able to worship freely according to his belief.


The world's first cave church in Hatay

Habib-i-Najjar in the foothills of Mount city center 13 meters long, 9.5 meters wide and 7 meters high, the cave is of special significance to Christianity. Hz. After the death of Jesus, the apostles St. Christianity came and suggestions about the place where Pierre mentioned, has the distinction of being the world's first cave church. Hz. Christians, who believe in Jesus''name''where the first mentioned here in St. St. Pierre Church, still has the distinction of being an important cultural heritage.


The world's 3rd largest mosaic museum

Through the city on the banks of the Asi River, immediately welcomed visitors since 1948 and the Archaeological Museum of Antioch, the city's historic and cultural wealth in the form of a reflection of true. Within the Hittite, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods of works from the museum where, in terms of collection of mosaics in the world is in third place.

Two and a half acres on the board you find the museum, 115 vessels of 18 thousand 600 square meters of mosaics as well as archaeological and ethnographic pieces 987, 14 thousand the 412 coins, 432 tablets, seals and seal pressure of the 412 thousand, 2 A document of the archive, 73 pieces of manuscript While a total of 35 thousand 433 pieces of works, including books, but only a thousand of them are on display 500. Located in the museum with artifacts from the period to the present date are spread in front of the eyes.

Mosque of Habib-i Najjar

In the hands of the Muslim Arabs in Hatay and Antioch in 638 of the Habib-i Najjar built in the mosque is believed to be the first mosque built in Anatolia. Which hosts a large number of visitors to the mosque, madrasa and tomb of Habib-i Neccar'ın's rooms.


Long Bazaar

Antioch in the 1890s, and the clothing of all kinds of local foods as possible to make a purchase Long Bazaar, close to the workplace within the 750 houses. Reported that approximately 20 thousand people a day visit the bazaar, food, clothing, dairy products, candy, jewelry and spices until everything is sold in shops, shopping can be a mystic. Without those who did not return to the city, the bazaar, at every moment of the day is moving.


The historic city center

Hatay city center, with nearly every step of the karşılaşılabiliyor a date. The city center still houses entered by passing the narrow streets of everyday life continues, those who visit a very different weather makes time. Hatay, as well as the richness of the cultural aspects of the Asi River and has a distinctive beauty. Hatay tourists from the city center, bearing the traces of different civilizations and beliefs in the past have traveled to this beautiful city, literally.


Tourism the greatest potential

Antioch Mayor Lutfi War, historical and cultural richness of the city are working to assess the best way, he said. Of tourism for the city is most important about the war, said:''Our expectation is a very large tourism. The greatest potential for tourism city. The number of tourists visiting the city on the rise with each passing day. We want to increase it more. Antioch is trying to evaluate the historical texture to it very well. Future goal is to move the historic fabric of the largest in Antakya. Restoration work is done for him.''Antioch, explaining that residents realize the benefits of tourism to the War, said the people will take with them hand in hand with the city a better place.

salt, vinegar, wine, molasses. Roman civilization in the name of the county roads

To understand the evolving civilization İskilip'te the following items in particular need a good look at the general place in the history of human civilization, salt, vinegar, wine, molasses. Salt, on behalf of the roads which were built by the Roman civilization, an indispensable ingredient of civilization.
Iskilip rock tomb
Made on behalf of the wars, the soldiers' salaries are paid with salt, salt for income tax states to see that is a fact. If we look at Rome in the context of the fight simply for this reason Iskilip Pontlarla Iskilip themselves instead of their geography and the ways to make these paths in the Mile Stones ruled the aforementioned dikmişlerdir.Burada "SALT" İskilip'te Yerliköy'de and Çukurköy'de only (two neighboring villages) are . No one knows the history of salt in the entity are domestic Ghost Village. Here is a settlement since the days of being understood by the Romans Yerliköy. Indeed, in the northern part of the village, "Ruins," he has a place. Here are found the traces of the building base. Also known as the village on a hill slope in the face of the foundation of the building has a large number. Currently, most readily observed in the traces of the building. Here is a tip of an end-to-3 km from the city which is known to contain a large.
Iskilip snake (Elaphe longissima), until the 1950s leather dabaklanıp oxcart, a plow, and harness connection at all to the world as an element of the sale is made and the new offspring from eggs collected in the countryside used to be sold abroad over France.
Perhaps Oren Yeri'ndeki Yamaç'taki residential placement with a unified, single yerleşimdi. Used on the slope until recently, was a well called Bitter Well (cistern) had. The nose at a place called the Palace of the city's administrators are said to be a palace. Hollowed out by the Tekke stream right here are the remains of walls built of bricks blend of tea in bed. Vineyards in the south of the village and past the field, the direction of the cemetery Iskilip-Çukurköy-come, "Muggatin link in a" go from there to the palace of the nose (to the west direction) towards the paved road also has a. This road also said that the Silk Road. On the above-mentioned Iskilip path (or one of the ways) Is not this lead to?

Copper in the age of copper smelting furnace İskilip'te (foundry), known to be. Today, evidence and documents obtained from the Hittite period in the context of the city is considered to be İskila presumed lost.

Iskilip in the context of written sources; Paflagonlar'ın last king of the central kingdom, Galatians, the second kingdom of the center of Ankara.

After the reign of Midas, and more a part of the land occupied by the Galatians

Ancient settlements of Midas, Ayazini, Aslantas, Yazılıkaya, Gordion, Pazarlı Alişar the mound, the remains were found on Alacahöyük and Bogazköy Phrygians. This ancient Hittite Phrygians living campuses, and they were impressed by the powerful Hittite civilization they created a civilization.
a Phrygian rock-cut tomb, Midas Monument
The art of the Phrygian, Urartu, as well as the Hittites, Assyrians, and also bears the imprint of the art of ancient Aegean civilizations. Phrygian rock monuments bezediler various human and animal motifs. The walls of their temples to the goddess Cybele, adorned with plates of earthenware.

BC Phrygian architecture and engineering, the most important product 8.yüzyılda is a castle built in the capital, Gordion. Castle, BC Remained intact until the 4th century. There was a monumental gate of the castle fortress. Rectangular structures, and the king's palace inside the castle, had called the Megaron. Pebble mosaic pavements in the buildings were. Bezemeci the inventor of this method of laying the Phrygians. Evolved in the mining and wood processing industry. Excavations reel handle, bronze plates, boilers, gold, silver and bronze spring loaded safety pins, precious stones, clothing belts, buckles, and richly decorated textiles, wood and ceramic animal sculptures and household items decorated with geometric patterns were found. Especially safety pin (fibula) in making the technology is very advanced for that era is seen. Phrygians very ustaydılar weaving. Today, thousands of years of Anatolian motifs kilimlerindeki and other Turkish states, the reason we have the Phrygian Motifs, is still unsolved. Phrygians were advanced in the field of music and many musical instruments are known to have developed.
Phrygian costumes
Tümülüslerdir most important feature of the Phrygian culture. These, BC 8.yüzyıl and BC Made in the first half of 6th century artificial graves. Numbers around the face. These structures was observed prior to the Phrygians of Anatolia. Phrygians probably settled in Phrygia also continued their tradition of burying the dead in Europe. Burial tumuli in the room, was built on the main floor. Written documents belonging to the Phrygians, BC 8.yüzyıl and BC Dates from the period between the 4th century. Uncovered to date and the content is short for a small number of texts could not be resolved fully. The Phrygians, however, speak in a language of Indo-European origin.

Museums of the world of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Anatolia, is located between the archaeological museums of the world works and exhibits in a museum. Atpazari district, the Ankara citadel, the southeast coast of the outer wall, arranged in two Ottoman buildings located in the new function is given. One of these buildings is Mahmut Paşa Bazaar and the other Lead Han.
Initially only a museum with artifacts from the Hittite period, then enriched with material from other civilizations, and Hittite Museum ceased to be, has become the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Today, with its unique collection of museums of the world, this museum, from the Paleolithic Age to the present day are exhibited in Anatolian archeology.

Council of Europe's European Museum Forum (European Museum Forum), which is provided by the European Museum of the Year Award in 1997 in Lausanne, Switzerland has been elected as the winner from among 68 museums. Turkey, for the moment, this award-winning museum.

Established near a small village is a chronological exhibition in Gordion Museum

Gordion Museum, Ankara Polatli town. Gordian Yassıhöyük village. There is the King Midas tumulus at Gordion. But by taking the bones of King Midas was taken to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.
In 1963, due in Polatlı Yassıhöyük Established near a small village with a population of 500, known as. Today is a chronological exhibition in Gordion Museum, is represented with characteristic examples of each semester. Three showcases the works of the Early Bronze Age, which ended with King Midas, followed by the works of the Early Phrygian period is located. This works hand-made in the Early Iron Age pottery, iron equipment belonging to the Early Phrygian Period, equipment of textile production. New exhibition solonunda BC within a panoramic window Ruined layers dated to 700 BC, a typical structure. The new hall for the rest of BC 6 - Anno Domini 4. Greek ceramics imported century, Hellenistic and Roman Period material exhibited. Were found in Gordian in the last chapter, visitors are able to see examples of seals and coins.

In recent years, a significant increase in the number of visitors to Gordion Museum, has led to new arrangements being made. Among these, 180 m² of new warehouse building, 150 square meter addition to the exhibition hall, 30 square meters of laboratory and 35 m² of visual information, is 5000 square meters exhibition area of ​​the new open-air gallery of structures considered.

Excavated during the construction of a new use of the Phrygian furniture such as cedar, scented juniper, boxwood, pine, walnut and yew seedlings afforested with. Roman Mosaic and the Galatian Tomb transplanted to this new area can be considered as a part of the work done.