In Pirahmet village, in Gümüşhane's central district, a square tomb of rough-hewn stone, faced with cut stone, rises to a pyramidal roof. The door is on the north side and a small slit window opens in the east wall, while large stones strengthen the corners. Below the tomb is a burial crypt, the mumyalak, and the building stands within an enclosed graveyard.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
