The Korgan bridge crosses the Çoruh at Aksar village in the central district of Bayburt, on the historic Silk Road, and is known locally as the bridge of the melik. It belongs to the Seljuk period of the thirteenth or fourteenth century.
It has two spans with pointed arches; the arches and parapets are of finely dressed yellow stone and the rest is rubble laid with horasan mortar. The arch stands five metres from the water to the keystone. It is reached by road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bayburt as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -6.1 °C in January to 18.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (73 mm) and lightest in August (16 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
