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Safranbolu

Safranbolu is a city of just over 40 thousand1 located in north central Türkiye (Turkey). It is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its Ottoman era buildings including the Old Mosque, the Old Bath, and the Süeyman Pasha Medrese (all from 1322); the Cinci Inn (1640-8); the K&ouuml;prülüu Mosque (1661); and the Let Pasha Mosque (1796).1

External references

traditional house, Safranbolu

Footnotes

1. Calculation 2010 in world-gazetteer.com, accessed 9/3/2011.
2. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (UNESCO and Firefly Books, 2009).