Aigai
Aigai is an ancient Greek city on top of Mount Gün, in the Yunt range north of Manisa, near the village of Yuntdağı Köseler. It is the most substantial classical site in Manisa province and almost nobody goes.
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Aigai is an ancient Greek city on top of Mount Gün, in the Yunt range north of Manisa, near the village of Yuntdağı Köseler. It is the most substantial classical site in Manisa province and almost nobody goes.
Sandikkale
Sandıkkale is the inner citadel of the Byzantine-era Manisa Kalesi, on the north slope of Spil Dağı immediately above Manisa city centre, in the Turgutalp neighbourhood.
The Basilica of St John stands in the middle of modern Alaşehir, on the ground of ancient Philadelphia, one of the seven cities addressed directly in the Book of Revelation.
Sart Kalesi
Sardis Acropolis — Sart Kalesi on the road signs and local maps — is the fortified hilltop above Sardis, the citadel the Lydian capital was built around and the last stronghold the city ever held.
Giges Tümülüsü
The Tumulus of Gyges — Giges Tümülüsü on local maps, and known archaeologically as Karnıyarık Tepe — is the second-largest of the more than a hundred royal Lydian mounds gathered in the Bin Tepe field north of Sart, in Salihli…
Saruhan Bey Türbesi
The tomb of Saruhan Bey is the oldest dated monument in Manisa's historic quarter, built in 1345 by his grandson İshak Çelebi.
Manisa Hafsa Sultan Şifahanesi
The Hafsa Sultan Hospital Museum is the surviving hospital wing of the Sultan Camii complex, the külliye Ayşe Hafsa Sultan — wife of Selim I and mother of Süleyman the Magnificent — commissioned in Manisa in 1522, where she lived…
Sidas is an unexcavated ancient city near İcikler village, south of Demirci in Manisa province.
Or Yehuda Tarım Okulu
Or Yehuda Agriculture School is the surviving building of a Jewish agricultural colony and school founded near Akhisar in 1899, in what is today the Kayalıoğlu neighbourhood of Akhisar district.
Kuva-yi Milliye ve Cumhuriyet Anıtı
The Kuva-yi Milliye ve Cumhuriyet Anıtı is a 63-metre monument on the southern approach to Manisa, and it is the tallest thing a visitor arriving by road will see.
Hastane Höyüğü
Hastane Höyüğü, the Hospital Mound, is an archaeological tell within the same site area as ancient Thyatira, in Akhisar, Manisa province.
Dombaycıoğlu Hanı
Dombaycıoğlu Han is a former Ottoman caravanserai in the middle of Akhisar's market district, built in 1823 by a local merchant, Dombaycıoğlu Mehmet Ağa, as trade through the town grew.
Turgutlu Saat Kulesi
Turgutlu Saat Kulesi is a civic clock tower in Orta Park, central Turgutlu. The landmark belongs to the town’s public centre and is best visited as part of an urban walk.
Sosandra Kalesi
Sosandra Kalesi, also known as Yoğurtçu Kalesi, is a ruined hilltop fortress near Uzunburun Mahallesi in Yunusemre district. The castle occupies a rocky natural rise outside Manisa, making its setting central to understanding the site.
Hoca Seyfettin Köprüsü
Hoca Seyfettin Bridge is a historic stone crossing in the Gediz River valley, about 13 kilometres north of Kula in Manisa Province.
Tarihi Lokomotif 56507
Tarihi Lokomotif 56507 is a preserved steam locomotive displayed beside Manisa railway station in Şehzadeler. Henschel & Sohn of Kassel built the engine in 1943, and its builder’s construction number is 27741.
Tarihi Lokomotif 56550
Tarihi Lokomotif 56550 is a preserved railway object displayed beside Soma Railway Station in Soma, Manisa.
Mushroom-like ruins is a small, distinctive remnant near Sart in Salihli district of Manisa, within the wider archaeological landscape of Sardes.
Former USAF Jupiter IRBM is an outdoor Cold War historical site in rural Manisa province. It is associated with a United States Air Force Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic-missile launch position in the Kemiklidere area on the Manisa–Akhisar route.
Delikli Bent is a natural and historic rock formation in the Selendi River bed, in Yıldız neighbourhood of Selendi district, Manisa. The site is also known locally as Delik Düven.
Meryem Ana Kilisesi is a former Greek Orthodox church in Zaferiye Mahallesi, central Kula, on Mustafa Sapcı Sokak. Its history is tied to Kula’s Rum community, including the Turkish-speaking Karamanlı population.
Hermesin Çizmesi, or Hermes’ Boot, is a natural rock formation near Kazıklı Mahallesi in Selendi district. It stands in the Selendi Çayı Canyon, where the rock’s outline is traditionally understood as Hermes’ right foot.
Eski Gördes Harabeleri are the surviving traces of Gördes’s former hillside settlement in Manisa. The place lies in Eski Gördes, in Atatürk Mahallesi, near Eski Gördes Pazar Camii on the eastern slope of Kepez, also called Tekke Dağı.
Usturumcalı Halil Efe Anıt Mezarı is an outdoor memorial grave on Yağcı Dağı, in the Eşemenler hamlet of Yenice Mahallesi in Selendi district.
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Sardis is an unfinished sanctuary within the Sardes Archaeological Site at Sart Mahallesi in Salihli, Manisa.
District boundaries come from OSM administrative relations, so a district page holds exactly the places inside it — plus, for the islands and the coast, the nearest district by proximity.