Balatlar Church
Balatlar Church or Sinope Koimesis Church originally built as a Roman Imperial bath in the 2nd century, the complex, featuring spaces such as the Palaestra, Frigidarium, Tepidarium, Caldarium, and Laconicum, was converted into a church in the late 4th or early 5th century.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sinop Archaeological Museum and Sinop Fortress.
Sinop Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Robot8A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sinop Archaeological Museum, or Sinop Museum, is a national museum in Sinop, Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found in and around the city. Sinop Archaeological Museum is situated 550 metres west of Balatlar Church.
Sinop Fortress
Castle
Photo: Ertly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sinop Fortress is a historic castle in Sinop, Turkey. Sinop Fortress is situated 580 metres west of Balatlar Church.
Alaaddin Mosque, Sinop
Mosque
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Alaaddin Mosque is a historical mosque in Sinop City, Sinop Province, Turkey. Alaaddin Mosque, Sinop is situated 760 metres west of Balatlar Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sinop and Korucuk.
Sinop
Photo: MichaelSchoenitzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sinop is a city in the Western Karadeniz region, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. In 2022 it had a population of 57,404.
Korucuk
Suburb
Korucuk is a neighbourhood of the city Sinop of Sinop Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,080. It is situated only 3 kilometres west of the isthmus where the city of Sinop situated. Korucuk is situated 5 km southwest of Balatlar Church.
Balatlar Church
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Byzantine church in northern Turkey
- Categories: church, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sinop, Sinop Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
42.02608° or 42° 1′ 34″ northLongitude
35.15749° or 35° 9′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8GJQ25G4+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 891388146OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6031988
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Balatlar Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église de Balatlar”
- French: “Église de Balatlar”
- German: “Balatlar-Kirche”
- Russian: “Церковь Балатлар”
- Turkish: “Balatlar Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Sinope Koimesis Kilisesi”
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