Historic & Cultural in Niğde: Top Places

The İvriz monuments are a group of Hittite monuments found in south-central Anatolia, located in the town of Aydınkent, formerly called İvriz. The primary rock relief, often known simply as the İvriz relief, is a rock relief on a rock face near the source of the İvriz Suyu, whose water has damaged the relief in modern times. It depicts the late 8th-century BC king Warpalawas and the storm-god Tarhunzas and is accompanied by a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription.

Niğde Castle is a historical castle located within the borders of the hill where the Old Niğde City is located in Niğde province. B.C. 8.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

The Hittite Gökbez relief is a rock relief at Gökbez and dates from the time of the Neo-Hittite states. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Kestel is an archaeological site in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, with important finds related to the study of Tin sources and trade in ancient times.

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Göllüdağ is a volcanic mountain located in central Turkey. This area has a long history of human occupation going back to the Lower Paleolithic period. Especially the obsidian found here was valuable.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Tynna was an ancient Anatolian city located at the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, near the town of Ulukışla and the Cilician Gates in southern Cappadocia.

Köşk Höyük is a tell northeast of Bahçeli, near Kemerhisar in the modern Niğde Province of Turkey. It is located on the Bor Plateau, south of Mount Hasan near a spring.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural