Ancient site· Boğazkale, Çorum

Hattusa

Hattuşa

Area261 haStatuspart of UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hattusa is a ancient site in Boğazkale, Çorum; Hittite imperial capital — the lion gates and clay-tablet archives of a 2nd-millennium BC superpower.

Hattuşa
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Hittite imperial capital — the lion gates and clay-tablet archives of a 2nd-millennium BC superpower.

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Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, about 82 km southwest of Çorum, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River.

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Highlights

  • Architectural remains from antiquity
  • The layered history of Anatolian civilizations

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