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Illustration of Hamurkesen Mosque, Van

A day in Van

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1 day6 stops

The banner is an illustration of Hamurkesen Mosque, one of the stops on this route, not a photograph.

This route is not an official itinerary; it is a suggestion compiled from sourced records in this province. Each stop has its own page with its own sources.

Travel times between stops are not shown. Where both stops have coordinates, the straight-line distance between them is given and labelled as such.

Every stop on this route has coordinates, so the day groups were built geographically.

Day 1

  1. 1Illustration of Hamurkesen Mosque, Van
    Places of worshipGürpınar

    Hamurkesen Mosque

    According to the inscription over its door, this mosque was built in 1710 by Seyyid Muhammed. Its dome had fallen and was rebuilt by the General Directorate of Foundations.

  2. 6 km as the crow flies

    2Illustration of Abdurrahman Baba Tomb Tower, Van
    Ancient cities and ruinsİpekyolu

    Abdurrahman Baba Tomb Tower

    The tomb tower of Şeyh Abdurrahman Baba stands northeast of Van castle, about three kilometres from the city centre, and it is an important place of visitation. It is believed that Şeyh Abdurrahman Baba came from Baghdad to Van in the fifteenth century and carried on religious…

  3. <1 km as the crow flies

    3Illustration of Van Museum, Van
    Museums and palacesİpekyolu

    Van Museum

    The Van Museum has its beginnings in a store set up in 1932 to keep the movable cultural property of Van in one place. As the store filled, a museum office was created in 1945, and this became a museum directorate in 1972.

  4. <1 km as the crow flies

    4Illustration of Van Kalesi, Van
    Ancient cities and ruinsİpekyolu

    Van Castle

    Van Castle is a fortification built of massive stone by the kingdom of Urartu, looking down on Tuşba, the Urartian capital. It stands on a sheer rock on the shore of Lake Van, five kilometres from the city of Van, and measures 1,800 metres long, 120 wide and 80 high. It was…

  5. <1 km as the crow flies

    5Illustration of Hüsrev Paşa Mosque and Complex, Van
    Places of worshipİpekyolu

    Hüsrev Paşa Mosque and Complex

    The Hüsrev Paşa complex stands in the old city of Van, built in 1567–68 by Köse Hüsrev Mehmet Paşa, governor-general of Van and one of the viziers of Süleyman the Lawgiver. It is counted among the works of Mimar Sinan. The complex takes in a mosque, a medrese, a tomb tower, a…

  6. <1 km as the crow flies

    6Illustration of İkiz Tomb Towers, Van
    Ancient cities and ruinsİpekyolu

    İkiz Tomb Towers

    The twin tomb towers stand outside the walls of old Van, southwest of the Kaya Çelebi Mosque, within the Orta Kapı cemetery. Who lies in them is disputed. The older view is that one belongs to Teymur Pasha, governor-general of Van, who died in 1789, and the other to his brother…

Sources

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