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Things to do in Manisa
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Sightlore has 11 places to explore in Manisa, 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.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Aigai
Aigai, also Aigaiai, was an ancient Greek, later Roman (Ægæ, Aegae), city and bishopric in Aeolis. Aegae is mentioned by both Herodotus and Strabo as being a member of the Aeolian dodecapolis. It was also an important sanctuary of Apollo.
Bintepe
Bin Tepe (lit. "A thousand tells" in Turkish) is an archaeological site on the southern shore of Marmara Lake in Manisa Province, Turkey. Consisting of over 100 tumuli, it served as a cemetery for the elites of nearby Sardis.
Sardis
Sardis ( SAR-diss) or Sardes was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire.
Sardis Synagogue
The Sardis Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was discovered in the modern-day town of Sardis, in the Manisa Province, in the Aegean Region of western Turkey.
Museums
Akhisar Museum
Akhisar Museum, is an archaeology and ethnography museum located in Akhisar.
Manisa Museum
Manisa Museum is an archeological museum within the Manisa Museum, situated in the historic kulliye of Muradiye Mosque built by Mimar Sinan. Local and regional artefacts from antique Magnesia, Sardes and other regional towns are displayed.
Places of worship
Sultan Mosque
Sultan Mosque also called Hafsa Sultan Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Manisa, Turkey.
Grand Mosque of Manisa
The Great Mosque of Manisa was built in 1366 by the Saruhan ruler İshak Bey on the slope of Mount Sipylus, with a madrasa and tomb.
Muradiye Mosque
The Muradiye Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in the town of Manisa in southwest Turkey. It was commissioned by the sultan Murad III and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
Monuments
Manisa relief
The Manisa relief, also known as the Akpınar relief and the Cybele relief (Kibele or Turkish: 'Taş Suret' (Cliff image) or Sipil Heykeli (Sipylos Monument)), is a Hittite rock relief at Akpınar, about 5 km east of the Turkish provincial capital of Manisa above an amusement…
Nature
Kula-Salihli UNESCO Geopark
Kula-Salihli Geopark, also known as Kula Volcanic Geopark and Kula Geopark, is a geopark, a protected area of geological heritage, located in Kula and Salihli districts of Manisa Province, western Turkey.
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