History & heritageUNESCO World HeritageÇorum Province, Turkey

Yazılıkaya

Sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire.

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Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir, also called Midas City, is a village with Phrygian ruins. Yazılıkaya was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art, and these are generally regarded as the most important group.

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40.02500, 34.63278 · Çorum Province

Nearby

HattusaHistory & heritage
1.6 km
AlacahöyükHistory & heritage
24 km

Photo credits (2)

Hattusa: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Alacahöyük: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons