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Things to do in Çorum
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Sightlore has 11 places to explore in Çorum, and 11 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Çorum's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Yazılıkaya
Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir, also called Midas City, is a village with Phrygian ruins. Yazılıkaya was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey.
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Boğazköy Museum
The Boğazköy Museum in Boğazkale displays Hittite finds from Hattusa, including cuneiform tablets and the famous sphinxes returned from Germany.
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Alacahöyük
Alacahöyük or Alaca Höyük (sometimes also spelled as Alacahüyük, Euyuk, or Evuk) is the site of a Neolithic and Hittite settlement and is an important archaeological site.
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Hattusa
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods.
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Büyükkale
Büyükkale (Turkish for big castle) is a rocky ridge in the Hittite capital Ḫattuša, located in modern-day Turkey. It was inhabited from the late 3rd millennium BC during the early Bronze Age through to the Roman period.
Discovery routes in Çorum
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Hittite Capital Hattusa
In UNESCO-listed Hattusa: Büyükkale and the Lion Gate, the rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya, the sphinxes in the Boğazköy Museum, then the Sphinx Gate of Alacahöyük.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Hattusa
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods.
Büyükkale
Büyükkale (Turkish for big castle) is a rocky ridge in the Hittite capital Ḫattuša, located in modern-day Turkey. It was inhabited from the late 3rd millennium BC during the early Bronze Age through to the Roman period.
Yazılıkaya
Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir, also called Midas City, is a village with Phrygian ruins. Yazılıkaya was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey.
Alacahöyük
Alacahöyük or Alaca Höyük (sometimes also spelled as Alacahüyük, Euyuk, or Evuk) is the site of a Neolithic and Hittite settlement and is an important archaeological site.
Çorum Clock Tower
Çorum Clock Tower is a clock tower in the Central district of Çorum province, Turkey. It was built either in 1894 according to Çorum Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate and Meltem Cansever, or in 1896 according to Hakkı Acun.
Kapilikaya Rock Tomb
The Kapilikaya Rock Tomb is located between Laçin and Kırkdilim, 27 km north of Çorum, Turkey, on a rocky, steep and rough land formed by rift valleys cracked by river, on the north- west corner of a rock which extends to the north.
Koyun Baba Bridge
Koyunbaba Bridge is a stone arch bridge crossing the Kızılırmak River in Çorum Province, Turkey. It was built between 1484 and 1489 and is the longest stone arch bridge built in Anatolia during Ottoman rule.
Sapinuwa
Sapinuwa was a Bronze Age Hittite city at the location of modern Ortaköy in the province Çorum in Turkey about 70 kilometers east of the Hittite capital of Hattusa.
Museums
Boğazköy Museum
The Boğazköy Museum in Boğazkale displays Hittite finds from Hattusa, including cuneiform tablets and the famous sphinxes returned from Germany.
Çorum Archaeological Museum
Çorum Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Çorum, Turkey. It was formally established in 1968, with items found in Alacahöyük, Boğazköy, Ortaköy, Eskiyapar, Pazarlı, Kuşsaray and Alişar Höyük.
Nature
Boğazkale Alaçahöyük Milli Parkı
Boğazköy–Alacahöyük Historical National Park (2,600 ha, 1988) protects the Hittite capital Hattusa and its surroundings.
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