Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop
Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop is an open-air museum and archaeological site in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The site was a quarry in Hittite times and occupies a 100000 m2 area, making it the largest known stonemasonry workshop from the ancient Near East.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: Turkish archaeological site
- Also known as: “Yesemek Açıkhava Heykel Atölyesi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yesemek and Ortaklı.
Yesemek
Village
Yesemek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İslahiye, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its population is 422. The village is inhabited by Kurds of the Delikan tribe.
Ortaklı
Village
Ortaklı, historically Melikanlı, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İslahiye, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village is inhabited by Kurds of the Delikan tribe and had a population of 607 in 2022. Ortaklı is situated 3 km north of Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop.
Topallar
Village
Topallar is a village in the Musabeyli District, Kilis Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 235 in 2022. Topallar is situated 4 km east of Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop.
Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: İslahiye, Gaziantep Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.90399° or 36° 54′ 14″ northLongitude
36.74696° or 36° 44′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8G8RWP3W+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 174944218OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q26959195
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Yesemek daş karxanası və heykəltəraşlıq emalatxanası”
- Catalan: “Pedrera i taller d’escultura de Yesemek”
- French: “Carrière d’Yesemek et atelier de sculpture”
- French: “Carrière de Yesemek et atelier de sculpture”
- German: “Steinbruch von Yesemek”
- Hebrew: “מחצבת יסמק”
- Italian: “Cava e laboratorio di scultura di Yesemek”
- Persian: “معدن و کارگاه مجسمهسازی یسمک”
- Spanish: “Cantera y taller de escultura de Yesemek”
- Turkish: “Yesemek Taş Ocağı ve Heykel Atölyesi”
- Turkish: “Yesemek Taşocağı Ve Heykel Atölyesi”
- Ukrainian: “Кар’єр Єсемек та Скульптурна Майстерня”
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