Akköprü Mezarlığı
Akköprü Mezarlığı is a cemetery in Tuşba, Van Province. Akköprü Mezarlığı is situated nearby to the mosque Terminal Camii, as well as near the bus station Van Şehirler Arası Otobüs Terminali (Otogar).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Van railway station and Van Castle.
Van railway station
Railway station
Photo: Babbsack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van railway station is the main railway station in Van, Turkey. Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from Tehran, Iran, stopped at the station. The train would continue to the Van Pier, where passengers would travel to Tatvan via ferry, and the western half of the train would continue to Ankara. Van railway station is situated 1 km north of Akköprü Mezarlığı.
Van Castle
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortress of Van is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind. Van Castle is situated 3½ km west of Akköprü Mezarlığı.
Van Museum
Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Van Museum or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of Van in eastern Turkey. It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the lake Van region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present. Van Museum is situated 3½ km west of Akköprü Mezarlığı.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include İpekyolu and Van.
İpekyolu
Town
İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba.
Van
Photo: Bahoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van is a city in Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake Van near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.
Toprakkale
Locality
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Rusahinili ", modern Toprakkale, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey. The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries.
Akköprü Mezarlığı
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Gömüt”, “Kabristan”, “Makber”, “Mezarlık”, and “Sin”
- Category: burial
- Location: Tuşba, Van Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.51197° or 38° 30′ 43″ northLongitude
43.38029° or 43° 22′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8HC5G96J+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 135786525OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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