Amasya, Turkey - The Grand Citadel
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists, poets and thinkers to many generations of the Imperial Ottoman Dynasty. Noted for Ottoman period wooden houses and the tombs of the Pontus Kings carved into the cliffs overhead. The Grand Citadel (Castle/fort)
Picture No
10837659
Media ID
45544870
Size
5100px x 3281px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1903
