This ablution fountain stands near the clock tower in Balıkesir and is thought to have been built in 1908, in the time of Ömer Ali Bey.
An onion-shaped dome rests on seven columns of pink granite. The columns are joined by arches, above which run a horizontal moulding and the eaves. It is on Atalar Caddesi and is reached by city transport.
Getting there
- Access
- On Atalar Caddesi in Karesi, Balıkesir; city transport reaches it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Balıkesir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 25.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (87 mm) and lightest in August (5 mm). Long-term means for 1999-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
