Silivri Kalepark

Silivri Kalepark
Silivri Kalepark
	Main gate to the Silivri Kalepark
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates	41°04′10″N 28°14′54″E / 41.06944°N 28.24833°E

Silivri Kalepark is an urban park situated inside the historic castle (Turkish: kale) in Silivri district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Owned by the local municipality, it was opened in 2020 after restoration works. It contains an open-air museum exhibiting stone artifacts found in and around the town.^[1]^[2]

The park is situated inside the historic castle located on the top of a hill at the seaside, a 47 m (154 ft)-high cliff. The castle is dated to the 3rd century AD while mosdt of the remains are from the 9th and 12th century. The park was opened after restoration works by the local municipality on 30 August 2020. The open-air museum features around 150 stone artifacts from the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods found in and around Silivri. There is an open-air cafe and coffeehouse inside the park.^[2]

References edit

^ "Silivri'de tarihi eserlerin bulunduğu açık hava müzesi açıldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Silivri'deki açık hava müzesi yoğun ilgi görüyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

Gallery edit

Some exhibits of the open-air museum in the Silivri Kalepark:

Bilingual information board about the catle
Byzantine relief ornament on stone
Greek-language inscription
Hebrew-language inscription
Ottoman Turkish-language gravestone
Ottoman period fountain

[ht1-1] "Silivri'de tarihi eserlerin bulunduğu açık hava müzesi açıldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[h1-2] "Silivri'deki açık hava müzesi yoğun ilgi görüyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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