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Mosques & Places of Worship in Yusufeli

İşhan Manastırı

Yusufeli

Barhal Manastırı

Yusufeli

Otkhta Monastery

Yusufeli

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Artvin Yusufeli Çoruh Vadisi Yaban Hayatı Geliştirme Sahası

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İşhan Manastırı

7.7 km · Ishkani Ishkhani Monastery was built in the 7th century during the early Christian period in Tao-Klarjeti. The monastery was founded around 639 AD by King Adarnase III of Iberia. It was further expanded and rebuilt in the 10th century by Bagrat III, the first king of united Georgia.

Esbeki Kalesi

11.4 km · Esbeki Castle is a medieval castle located in the village of Tivasori in the historical Tao region. Today it is in Darıca village of Yusufeli district, Artvin province. It is believed that the castle, whose ruins have survived to the present day, was established to protect the Esbeki Monastery right next to it.

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Seyir Tepesi

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Peterek Kalesi

16.3 km · Peterek Castle is a historic site located in Çevreli village, Yusufeli district, Artvin. The structure, built on bedrock on a hill overlooking the Çoruh valley, is thought to have been constructed by the Bagratids in the Middle Ages. The castle is close to the road leading to the village center and is easily accessible as there are no protective barriers around it. Its interior has an oval plan measuring approximately 35.00x30.30 meters and includes a cistern built for water storage.

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Anzavi fortress

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Öşk Manastırı

18.3 km · Oshki is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery from the second half of the 10th century located in the historic province of Tao, now part of the territory of Turkey. The main church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was built between 963 and 973. The monastery is located in the village of Çamlıyamaç, in northeastern Erzurum Province, bordering Artvin Province.

Otkhta Monastery

18.6 km · Otkhta is a 10th-century Georgian monastery which was built in 961–965 by Davit Kurapalat and renewed in 978–1001. Georgian monastery and cathedral church located in Dörtkilise, the town of Yusufeli, Artvin Province, Turkey. Otkhta is one of the large cathedrals in Tao-Klarjeti, with Oshki, Ishkhani and khakhuli, and one version that is why it is called Otkhta, which means in English "from fourth".

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Vachedzori (Niakomi) Monastery

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Barhal Manastırı

34.9 km · Parhali Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery located in Altıparmak village, Yusufeli district, Artvin province, Turkey. The main church and two chapels from the monastery complex, built in the 9th-10th centuries, have survived to the present day.

Oltu Kalesi

35.1 km · Oltisi Church or Oltu Castle Church is a medieval Georgian church in Oltu Castle in the center of Oltu city in Erzurum province.

Erzurum Oltu Yaban Hayatı Geliştirme Sahası

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Yusuf Amca'nın Yeri

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ATATEPE

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NO1

50.2 km · NO1 is a cafe-bistro in Artvin Merkez offering mountain and nature views. Its menu includes international cuisine such as pizza, hamburgers, waffles, salads, pasta, and steak varieties. NO1 is located 624 meters walking distance from Artvin Castle.

Cam Teras

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Hatila Vadisi Millî Parkı

50.3 km · Hatila Valley National Park is a national park in Artvin Province in northeastern Turkey. It consists of a steep-sided river valley at the eastern end of the Kaçkar Mountains. The area is close to the Black Sea and has a Mediterranean climate with warm summers, cool winters and plentiful rainfall throughout the year.

Artvin Kalesi

50.8 km · Artvin Castle, also known as Livane Castle, is the castle in the city of Artvin, which is the administrative center of Artvin province. The high walls of the castle wind around the rock on which it stands. Its multi-story tower has survived to the present day in a remarkably good condition. Among the other structures in the castle, the four-cornered building on the east side of the castle draws attention. This structure is estimated to be a church. A part of the cistern in the castle and fragments of jars known as kvevri have survived to the present day. The restored Artvin Castle is referred to by the public as “Livane Castle”.

Hamamlı Manastırı (Doliskana)

52.2 km · Doliskana is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Medieval Georgian kingdom of Klarjeti. It was used as a mosque, now abandoned. Its construction was finished in the mid-10th century, during the rule of Sumbat I of Iberia.

Ferhatlı Kalesi

52.4 km · Ahiza Castle is a castle built in the Middle Ages in the historical Klarceti region, which remains within the borders of Turkey today, in the Ardanuç district of Artvin province. It is mentioned as Harbe Castle in Evliya Çelebi's travelogue. Today, this castle is also called Ferhatlı Castle due to the name of Ferhatlı village.