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Amasya City landscape // lighted cities.
City landscape // lighted cities.
The city of Amasya , the stands in the mountains above the Black Sea coast, set apart from the rest of Anatolia in a narrow valley
along the banks of the Yeşilırmak River.
If you visit Amasya I suggest you stay at least two days as the city is exceptionally beautiful and on the hill below the castle is the Rock Tombs of the Pontic Kings which are lighted in the evenings and is spectacular to look at while walking along the river
***You can see the tombs light blue look like doors in the mountain***
An independent Pontic kingdom with its capital at Amaseia was established at the end of the 4th century BC in the wake of Alexander's conquests. Superficially Hellenized, the kingdom retained its Persian social structure, with temple priests and Persianized feudal nobles ruling over a heterogeneous village population. In the 1st century BC, it briefly contested Rome's hegemony in Anatolia. By 183 BC, the city was settled by Hellenistic people, eventually becoming the capital of the kings of Pontus from 333 BC to 26 BC. Today, there are prominent ruins including the royal tombs of Pontus in the rocks above the riverbank in the centre of the city. Ancient district in northeastern Anatolia adjoining the Black Sea.
Amasya City landscape // lighted cities.
City landscape // lighted cities.
The city of Amasya , the stands in the mountains above the Black Sea coast, set apart from the rest of Anatolia in a narrow valley
along the banks of the Yeşilırmak River.
If you visit Amasya I suggest you stay at least two days as the city is exceptionally beautiful and on the hill below the castle is the Rock Tombs of the Pontic Kings which are lighted in the evenings and is spectacular to look at while walking along the river
***You can see the tombs light blue look like doors in the mountain***
An independent Pontic kingdom with its capital at Amaseia was established at the end of the 4th century BC in the wake of Alexander's conquests. Superficially Hellenized, the kingdom retained its Persian social structure, with temple priests and Persianized feudal nobles ruling over a heterogeneous village population. In the 1st century BC, it briefly contested Rome's hegemony in Anatolia. By 183 BC, the city was settled by Hellenistic people, eventually becoming the capital of the kings of Pontus from 333 BC to 26 BC. Today, there are prominent ruins including the royal tombs of Pontus in the rocks above the riverbank in the centre of the city. Ancient district in northeastern Anatolia adjoining the Black Sea.