Stone Bridge
Taşköprü, historically known as Ponte Sarus, is a Roman bridge spanning the Seyhan River in Adana that was probably built in the first half of the second century AD.Photo: MUSTAFA TOR, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bridge in Adana, southern Turkey
- Also known as: “Taș Köprü” and “Taşköprü”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque and Yağ Cami.
Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Mosque of Adana, also known as the Ramazanoglu Mosque, is a 16th century mosque in Adana, Turkey. It forms part of a complex that includes a madrasah and a mausoleum. The complex is on Kızılay Street, next to Ramazanoğlu Hall. Great Mosque is situated 400 metres southwest of Stone Bridge.
Yağ Cami
Mosque
Saint Paul
Church
Photo: Seyhan668, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Paul Church, alternatively known as the Bebekli Kilise, is a Roman Catholic Church in Adana. The church was built by the Jesuit Order in 1870, and served the Armenian and European Catholic communities. Saint Paul is situated 1 km west of Stone Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yüreğir and Tepebağ.
Yüreğir
Town
Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yüreğir is a district-municipality of the Adana Province. It is the second most populated district of the province with a population of over 400 thousand, mostly concentrated on the east side of the Seyhan river, within the city of Adana.
Tepebağ
Suburb
Photo: Seyhan668, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tepebağ is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Seyhan, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 903. It is a historical neighborhood in the old town of Adana.
Adana
Photo: MUSTAFA TOR, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Adana is a city on the Cilician Plains of central Turkey, on the Seyhan River about 50 km from the Mediterranean coast. It's industrial and mostly modern but with several places of interest in its historic centre.
Stone Bridge
- Categories: deck arch bridge, footbridge, Ponte Romano, Roman bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Adana Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
36.98627° or 36° 59′ 11″ northLongitude
35.33503° or 35° 20′ 6″ eastInception
2nd centuryOpen location code
8G8QX8PP+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1116470972OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1438450
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Stone Bridge” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Taşköprü (Adana)”
- Azerbaijani: “Taşköprü”
- Chinese: “阿达纳石桥”
- Czech: “Kamenný most v Adaně”
- Dutch: “Taskopru (Adana)”
- Dutch: “Taşköprü”
- French: “Pont de pierre d’adana”
- French: “pont de pierre”
- French: “Pont de pierre”
- German: “al-Walid-Brücke”
- German: “Justinian-Brücke”
- German: “Ponte Sarus”
- German: “Taşköprü”
- Italian: “ponte in pietra di Adana”
- Italian: “Ponte in pietra”
- Persian: “تاشکوپرو (آدانا)”
- Persian: “تاشکوپرو”
- Turkish: “Daşköprü”
- Turkish: “Sarus Köprüsü”
- Turkish: “Seyhan Köprüsü”
- Turkish: “Taşköprü”
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