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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM CAPPADOCIA     THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM This museum shelters the most selected monuments of all Anatolian civilizations. Consequently it’s useful for the comprehension of Anatolia’s long and complex history. This museum which was opened in 1969, is one of the most significant regional museums of central Anatolia. In its garden we see a  [ Read More ]

Another Sultan of the Seldjuk Empire, Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev, ordered this school to be built in 1202-1206. It is the oldest school of medicine and its hospital of the Seldjuk period in Anatolia.

Kayseri is known as the city of mausoleums, the most famous of which is the Revolving Dome lying to the southwest of the city. It was built in 1276 for Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad’s daughter Cihan Hatun. It’s one of the masterpieces of the Seldjuk art of stone-cutting with plant and animal figures, and geometric designs  [ Read More ]

This small mosque is thought to have been constructed by the famous architect Sinan in 1584. Its dome is covered with lead on the outside and therefore the name. Though it’s small, it’s one of the most famous monuments of Kayseri.

This complex which is composed of a mosque, a school, a bath, and a mausoleum is one of the first and most beautiful group of buildings in Anatolia. It was erected by the Seldjuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad’s mother Mahperi Hatun in 1238.

THE GRAND MOSQUE An inscript tells us that the Grand Mosque of Kayseri was built in 1135-1150. It used to be the biggest mosque in Kayseri of the times with its area of 1750 square meters. It has eight squares built parallel to the prayer niche and two domes. A school and the rooms of  [ Read More ]