Bakur Heritage site

Çiyayê Nemrûdê

چیای نەمروود

Mount Nemrut (Commagene) · On a 2,134 m summit above Semsûr, King Antiochus I of Commagene raised colossal stone gods around his burial mound in the 1st century BC. Earthquakes have toppled the great heads to the terrace floor, where they still watch the sunrise. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mount Nemrut (Commagene)
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Region
Bakur
Kind
Heritage site
English name
Mount Nemrut (Commagene)
Kurdish name
Çiyayê Nemrûdê