Tag: Taşköprü in Safranbolu

Şeyh Sabancı Veli Hazret was born in 1497 in Cimdar Mahallesi of Çakırçayı Village of Gökçeağaç District of Taşköprü District of Kastamonu. In the work titled Sefine-i Evliya, the date of birth is 1499. Şaban Veli lost his father before he was born, and his mother at the age of three. He took Shari Veli under the patronage of a Read more...

It is located in Abdalhasan Village of the district. It is not exactly known when and by whom the tomb was built. There is also no information on who Abdal Abdal is lying in the tomb. The tomb is square-shaped, covered with a roof, and made of rubble stone. This mausoleum is visited by local people during May Awliya week Read more...

It is located on a natural rock in the east of the district. It is estimated that it was built in the 1st or 2nd century AD during the Roman Period. The walls and bastions of the castle are made of rubble stone and brick. Only the fortification walls of the castle have survived. Read more...

It is located in Donalar Village, 17 km away from the district center. It is carved on a rock with a height of 8 meters. There is a column on each side of the grave entrance, which is 4.5 meters long. There are ornaments, cross motif and Greek writings on these columns. From the entrance to the burial chamber. Reliefs Read more...

It is located in the town center of Taşköprü. This ancient city was founded as a state center by the Romans BC. It was established in 64. A part of the city was removed with archaeological studies in 1983, but a large part of the city is still under the ground. As a result of these archaeological studies, many mosaics Read more...