Historic & Cultural in Isparta: Top Places

Eğirdir Han is a caravanserai located in Eğirdir district of Isparta province, Turkey, on the Eğirdir-Konya route, 3 km south of the district center, on the lakeside. It was built in 1237 by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Kaykhusraw II.

İncirhan is a historic caravanserai located near İncirdere Village in the Bucak district of Isparta. It was built by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II between 1238 and 1239. Serving as the fourth stop on an important caravan route connecting Antalya to Konya, its crown gate is a notable example of Seljuk architecture, featuring lion and sun motifs. While the covered section of the structure remains, the courtyard area has been largely destroyed.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

The Macellum in Ağlasun, Isparta, is a historic site within the ancient city of Sagalassos. This structure served as a market for luxury food products, built in the last decade of the 2nd century AD, and later also sold items like jewelry, musical instruments, and worked bone. It is located within walking distance of other significant structures such as Sagalassos (83 m) and the Bouleuterion (113 m).

Ertokuş Han, located in the Gelendost district of Isparta, on the eastern shore of Lake Eğirdir, is a historic caravanserai built in 1223 by the Seljuk Atabey Mübarizeddin Ertokuş. The han consists of two sections, an open courtyard and a covered area, and was situated on an important trade route connecting Antalya to Afyon and Konya at the time. It underwent extensive restoration from 2007 to 2017, but its interior is currently closed due to vandalism. Another Ertokuş Hanı is located within 13 meters walking distance.

Sagalassos, also known as Selgessos and Sagallesos, is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta. The ancient ruins of Sagalassos are 7 km from Ağlasun in the province of Burdur, on Mount Akdağ, in the Western Taurus Mountains range, at an altitude of 1450–1700 metres. In Roman Imperial times, the town was known as the "first city of Pisidia", a region in the western Taurus Mountains, currently known as the Turkish Lakes Region.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Dündar Bey Medrese, also called Taş Medrese, is a historical madrasa in Eğirdir, Turkey. Madrasa is a medieval Islamic educational institution. In the 1960s, it was restored, and is now used as a bazaar.

Seleucia Sidera, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, and later known as Claudioseleucia, Greek Klaudioseleukeia, was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, near the village of Bayat, near Atabey, about 15 km north-northeast of Isparta, Isparta Province, in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey.

Keraitai, Keraitae, or Kepaetōn is located in the ancient region of Pisidia and has been settled since the Hellenistic period. Today, it is situated on a 1300-meter-high conical rock known among the public as "Sivri Tepe" or "Çeri Asarı," approximately 2 kilometers southwest of Belören Village, which is part of the Bucak district of Burdur province.

Kubadabad Palace or Kubad Abad Palace was a complex of summer residences built for sultan Kayqubad I (1220–1237), ruler of the Sultanate of Rum. The palace is located on the southwestern shores of Lake Beyşehir in south-west Central Anatolia, Turkey, just over 100 kilometers west of the Seljuq capital at Konya.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural