Things to Do in Kütahya: Places and Attractions

Ulu Cami, located in Kütahya Merkez, is the city's only imperial mosque, with construction beginning during the reign of Yıldırım Bayezid (1381-1389) and completed in 1410 by his son, Şehzade Musa Çelebi. The large columns inside the mosque were brought from the ancient city of Aizanoi. Repaired by Mimar Sinan at the command of Suleiman the Magnificent, the mosque took its final domed form in 1893 during the reign of Abdülhamid II. Sadık Atakan Private Tile Museum (105 m), Tile Museum (125 m), and Geology Museum (185 m) are within walking distance.

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Kutahya Archaeology Museum is located in the Vacidiye Madrasa, next to the Ulu Mosque in Kütahya Merkez. The madrasa, built in 1314 by Umur bin Savcı, one of the Germiyan Beys, was opened as a museum in 1965. The museum exhibits a wide range of artifacts from the Paleolithic period to the Ottoman period. Notable exhibits include Late Chalcolithic painted pottery from Burdur Hacılar and the Amazon Sarcophagus found in Aizanoi.

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Kütahya Clock Tower, a clock tower located in the Central district of Kütahya province. The original tower, located in Balıklı Neighborhood opposite Analıca Mosque, where the Municipality Business Center is now, was originally a church bell tower and was transferred to the municipality along with the church after the liberation of Kütahya in 1922. The municipality used the church for electricity generation and turned the bell tower into a clock tower by placing clocks on all four sides.

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Kütahya Castle, a castle from the Byzantines in the city of Kütahya.

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