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| − | '''Divrigi''' is a city in [[Central Anatolia]]. | + | [[Image:Divrigi_mansion.jpg|thumb|A mansion in Divrigi]] |
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| | + | '''Divrigi''' is a town in northeastern part of [[Central Anatolia]], on the edge of [[Eastern Anatolia]]. |
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| | + | ==Understand== |
| | + | Divrigi is an ancient town, which was once a Byzantine site. By the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the capital of Western branch of Turkic ''Mengücek Emirate'', and the remains of Great Mosque of 1229 and a citadel remain from the period. |
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| | ==Get in== | | ==Get in== |
| | ===By air=== | | ===By air=== |
| − | Nearest airport is located in [[Sivas]], about 3-hour away by road. | + | Nearest airport is located in [[Sivas]], about 180 km or 3 hours away by road. |
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| | ===By bus=== | | ===By bus=== |
| | * <listing name="Divrigi Nazar Seyahat" alt="" address="Esenler Otogar no:34" directions="main bus station of Istanbul" phone="+90 212 658 22 58 (Istanbul), +90 312 224 10 58 (Ankara)" url="http://www.divrigim.com/divriginazar.asp" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">Company providing direct buses to Divrigi from [[Istanbul]] and [[Ankara]].</listing> | | * <listing name="Divrigi Nazar Seyahat" alt="" address="Esenler Otogar no:34" directions="main bus station of Istanbul" phone="+90 212 658 22 58 (Istanbul), +90 312 224 10 58 (Ankara)" url="http://www.divrigim.com/divriginazar.asp" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">Company providing direct buses to Divrigi from [[Istanbul]] and [[Ankara]].</listing> |
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| | + | * '''Divriği Özlem Tur''' and '''Divriği Birlik''' provide minibuses from [[Sivas]] every hour. |
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| | ===By train=== | | ===By train=== |
| − | Divrigi has a train station. Daily trains from [[Istanbul]]'s Haydarpaşa station (''Doğu Express'', departing 8:35AM and arriving at Divrigi 9:30AM next morning, 32.50 TL/seat, 26 TL/seat for students) and [[Ankara]] (''Doğu Express'', departing from Ankara 6:08PM, 20 TL/seat, 16 TL/seat for students; and ''Erzurum Express'', departing from Ankara 1:30PM and arriving at Divrigi 3:45AM, 22.50 TL/seat, 18 TL/seat for students) are available. For more info, see Turkish State Railways webpage [http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/index.htm]. | + | Divrigi has a train station. Daily trains from [[Istanbul]]'s Haydarpaşa station (''Doğu Express'', departing 8:35AM and arriving at Divrigi 9:30AM next morning, 32.50 TL/seat, 26 TL/seat for students) and [[Ankara]] (''Doğu Express'', departing from Ankara 6:08PM, 20 TL/seat, 16 TL/seat for students; and ''Erzurum Express'', departing from Ankara 1:30PM and arriving at Divrigi 3:45AM, 22.50 TL/seat, 18 TL/seat for students) are available. Sleeper cars are available at ''Doğu Express''. For more info, see Turkish State Railways webpage [http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/index.htm]. |
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| | ==Get around== | | ==Get around== |
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| | ==See== | | ==See== |
| − | * '''Great Mosque''' (''Ulu Cami'') and adjoining '''medieval hospital''' (''Darüşşifa'') are outstanding examples of ''Seljuk'' architecture and are both in the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]] since 1985 [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=358]. | + | |
| | + | [[Image:Divrigi_great_mosque.jpg|thumb|350px|Portal of Great Mosque]] |
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| | + | * '''Great Mosque''' (''Ulu Cami'') and adjoining '''medieval hospital''' (''Darüşşifa'') are outstanding examples of ''Seljuk'' architecture and are both in the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]] since 1985 [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=358]. The Baroque style portal of this magnificent mosque is a real masterpiece of stonework. |
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| | ==Do== | | ==Do== |
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| | ==Sleep== | | ==Sleep== |
| − | * <sleep name="Divrigi Belediyesi Oteli" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="+90 346 418 18 25" email="" fax="" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="">Hotel run by the town council. Clean rooms.</sleep> | + | * <sleep name="Divrigi Belediyesi Oteli" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="+90 346 418 18 25" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="20 TL" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">Hotel run by the town council. Clean rooms with en-suite bathrooms and balcony. No breakfast served.</sleep> |
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| | ==Contact== | | ==Contact== |
Divrigi is an ancient town, which was once a Byzantine site. By the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the capital of Western branch of Turkic Mengücek Emirate, and the remains of Great Mosque of 1229 and a citadel remain from the period.
