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  • Afyonkarahisar

  • Afyonkarahisar

    Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey and the capital of Afyonkarahisar Province. The city history is dating back to the Hittite Empire when it was known to the as Hapanuwa.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Mountainous Phrygia.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Afyonkarahisar
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    Afyonkarahisar

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2015

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Afyonkarahisar

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    Second Millennium BC

    Hittite

    Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Crusaders + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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