Historic & Cultural in Yozgat: Top Places

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Alishar Hüyük was an ancient city in Central Anatolia. It is near the modern village of Alişar, Sorgun. It has been suggested that in the Iron Age the site was part of the polity of Tabal.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Mercimektepe Mound is a mound located immediately to the east of Yozgat city center. It faces Çengeltepe Mound. The Yozgat - Sivas highway passes between the two mounds. The hill is 140 x 100 meters in size.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Usakli Hoyuk is located at Büyüktaslik Village in the district of Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey, to the north of Mount Kerkenes. It was an important Hittite city that flourished in the second millennium BC, and was identified as a possible location of the ancient city of Zippalanda, the centre of the cult of the Storm God.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Çengeltepe Mound is a mound located just 500 meters east of the Yozgat city center, south of the Sivas highway. Mercimektepe Mound rises immediately to its north. It is suggested that both mounds were inhabited simultaneously.

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

The Lion Gate (Aslanlı Kapı) is an monumental gateway located on the southwestern wall of Hattusha, the capital of the Hittite Empire. It is named after the two lion sculptures carved into the outer doorjamb blocks. This gate symbolizes the Hittites' mastery of stone craftsmanship and their power. The Lion Gate is an important structure within the ancient city of Hattusha, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and reflects the city's grandeur along with other monumental gates like the Sphinx Gate and the King's Gate.

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Charsianon was the name of a Byzantine fortress and the corresponding theme in the region of Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia.

Basilica Therma is an ancient Roman spa town located in the Yozgat province of Turkey. It is thought to be the ancient Aquae Saravenae, though this is disputed with nearby Kırşehir. The bath was built in the 2nd century and used in Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods and still open to the public in modern Turkey.