One Day in Kastamonu: What to See

Historic & Cultural

Kastamonu Şehitler Anıtı

The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War. It is located within the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park on Hisarlık Hill in Morto Bay at the southern end of the Gallipoli peninsula in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. The memorial was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500,000 lira banknotes of 1993–2005.

Historic & Cultural

Sirkeli Konağı

Museums

Kastamonu Arkeoloji Müzesi

Kastamonu Archaeology Museum is a museum where archaeological artifacts collected from around Kastamonu and Çankırı are exhibited. It serves in the old Committee of Union and Progress Club building, located in the city center of Kastamonu and being the work of Architect Kemaleddin Bey. In the museum, various artifacts from the Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, as well as artifacts from the Candaroğulları Beylik and Ottoman periods, are exhibited.

Museums

Liva Paşa Etnografya Müzesi

Shopping

Adalet Çarşısı

Religious Sites

Nasrullah Camii Şadırvanı

Nasrullah Camii Şadırvanı, located in Kastamonu Merkez, was built in 1752 by a philanthropist named Bedii. The ablution fountain is a rectangular structure supported by 18 columns and covered by two octagonal domes. The water for the fountain, which is part of the Nasrullah Mosque Complex, historically came from a spring in the Olukbaşı area. The fountain is within walking distance of Kastamonu Castle (550 m), Kastamonu Archaeology Museum (388 m), and Arabapazarı Bath (306 m). The nearest public transport, Saat Kulesi cable car stop, is 486 m away.