Upper City
Upper City is a quarter in Boğazkale, Çorum Province. Upper City is situated nearby to the quarter Great Fortress, as well as near Lower City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yazılıkaya and Green stone.
Yazılıkaya
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yazılıkaya was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art, and these are generally regarded as the most important group.
Green stone
Stone
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hattusa Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of what is believed to be nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, capital of the Hittites in the late Bronze Age.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yazır and Karakeçili.
Yazır
Village
Yazır is a village in the Boğazkale District of Çorum Province in Turkey. Its population is 97. Yazır is situated 3 km southwest of Upper City.
Karakeçili
Village
Karakeçili is a village in the Boğazkale District of Çorum Province in Turkey. Its population is 126. Karakeçili is situated 4 km west of Upper City.
Yekbas
Suburb
Yekbas is a neighbourhood of the town Boğazkale, Boğazkale District, Çorum Province, Turkey. Its population is 834. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Yekbas is situated 4½ km north of Upper City.
Upper City
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Yukarı Kent”
- Category: locality
- Location: Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.00929° or 40° 0′ 33″ northLongitude
34.61885° or 34° 37′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8GGP2J59+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 114570813OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Czech to German—“Upper City” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Horní město”
- German: “Oberstadt”
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