COMENIUS PROGRAMTurkey / Salihli Italy / Giulianova

GEOTHERMAL ENERGYWe visited the geothermal energy center

in Kursunlu, 6 km outside Salihli.

Most houses in Salihli use this energyto heat their houses.

There are 8 geothermal wells. 180 lt/sec hot water is pumped to the city center. All thewater is cycled and heated again.

About 13,000 buildings make use of geothermal energy and the municipality is planning to increase this number up to 20,000 residences.

The name means Holy City and its

Turkish name means Cotton Castle

Pamukkale is a tourist attraction. Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a WorldHeritage Site in 1988.Hierapolis became a healing centrewhere doctors used the thermal springsas a treatment for their patients. Visit: or

Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs.

THE POOLS OF PAMUKKALE

THE TOWN OF PAMUKKALE, AT THE FOOT OF THE HOT SPRINGS

WE HAD A LOT OF FUN

MUSEUM(LARGE BATHS)

The former Roman Bath of the ancient city of

Hierapolis has been used as the site of the

Hierapolis Archaeology Museum since 1984.

Artifacts from the Caria, Pisidia and Lydia

regions are also on display in this museum.

The museum’s exhibition space consists of

three closed areas of the Hierapolis Bath and

the open areas in the eastern side which are

known to have been used as the library and gymnasium.

Most artifacts are made from marble and stones

BYZANTINE PERIOD COINS

ROMAN PERIOD COINS

WHAT WERE WE THINKING ABOUT????

THE ANTIQUE POOL

People swimming in the warm water

The Antique Theater

The construction of the theater started in AD 62 during Flavian era, continued in Hadrian era andcompleted in AD206(Servius era).

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coastof Ionia, three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk in Izmir province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century. According toestimates Ephesus had a population of 33,600 to 56,000 people in the Roman period, makingit the third largest city of Roman Asia Minorafter Sardis and Alexandria Troas.

The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Library of CelciusCelsus is used as a library and a

mausoleum. There were four woman sculptures in front of the building.They are called as mind, destiny, virtue and science.

The Library of Celsus

The Ancient Theatre

The Ancient Theatre is one of the mostbeautiful buildings in Ephesus.TheBuilding was used as a theatre andmeeting area. In Empire time it wasused as an arena.

The Ancient Theatre

Ephesus was one of the seven churchesof Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils.

It is also the site of a large gladiators’ graveyard.

Tomb of John the Apostle

House of the Virgin Mary

The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometres from Seljuk inTurkey. The house was discovered in the 19th century by following the descriptionsin the reported visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824).

The House Of Virgin Mary

Sardes was the capital of the Lydian Empire.

The synagogue was a section of a large bath-gymnasium complex, that was in use for about 450 – 500 years. In the beginning, middle of the 2nd century AD, the rooms the synagogue is situated in were used as changing rooms or resting rooms.

Sardes has involved the first relics of theatre and archeologists are trying toemerge into the light those relics.

According to the known history, firstGolden Money was coined in Sardes. Sardes is famed in history as the place where modern currency was invented.

ALAŞEHIR (PHILADELPHIA)

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

St John’s Church is one of the seven churches mentioned in Bible.

Unfotunately there are only a fewcolumns left from the church.

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The name "Magnesia ad Sipylus" refers to Mount Sipylus that towers over the city.

During the first centuries of the Ottoman Empire, many of the sons of Sultans received their education in Manisa and the city is still commonly known in Turkey as "the city of Princes”.

Virtual tour of the City

MURADIYE MOSQUE

INSIDE THE MOSQUE

THE HOLY QURAN

Muradiye mosque was built byArchitect Sinan(Avecenna) with Sultan Murad’s order in 1885. It has twominarets. The mosque was built in Ottoman architecture

SULTAN MOSQUE AND COMPLEX

SULTAN MOSQUE AND THE COMPLEX

The Mosque was built for theMagnificent Suleyman’s mother HafsaSultan in 1522. There is a childrens’ school, a hospital and a bath in thecomplex nearby.

FAMOUS MESIR FESTIVAL

The Story

When Hafsa Sultan was ill, his son called fordoctors of his time to find a cure. They made a special paste and when Hafsa Sultan ate from it she soon got well. Solomon the Magnificentordered them to make the paste in largeamounts and give away to his people. Since then, every year Mesir Paste, prepared with 41 types of spices, is distributed to people fromthe Sultan Mosque on Mesir Festival.

16th century hospice and mental hospitalbuilt by Hafsa Sultan

MEVLEVIHANE: THE HOUSE OF WHIRLING DERVISHES

The Dervishes lived in that house a humble life reciting the Holy Quran and meditating Allah.

The Mevlevi life is based on “adab and erkan” (discipline and rules of conduct)

In their conduct, they are very kind, graceful, and discreet

Every part of the Mevlevi system of behavior bears a symbolical meaning, and this can be observed in the act of the whirling dervishes in ‘Sema’ rituals.

FAREWELL PARTY AT OUR SCHOOL

Comenius partners doing TurkishFolk dance.