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Bogazkale UNESCO world heritage sites

Hattusha at Hattusa Orenyeri, Hisar
The best-preserved ruin of a Hittite Temple from the 13th century B.C., known as Great Temple, is located in the Lower City. Other temples of similar date and shape, albeit generally smaller, are situated in the Upper City, which mostly consisted of a temple city for the gods and goddesses of the Hittite and Hurrian pantheon. The remains of a densely inhabited city district were unearthed in the Lower City, where their foundations and arrangement can still be seen in the area north from Great Temple.
Yazılıkkaya at Yazılıkkaya CD, Hattusas
The dramatic rock formations that make up this open-air temple seem created by nature to serve as a place of worship and awe. The Hittites saw the place as such, and carved bas-relief processions and images of deities into the vertical rock faces of the narrow spaces today designated Chamber A and Chamber B.
Osmankaya rock necropolis at Yozgat Bogazkale Yolu, Hattusas Mahallesi
Osmankaya necropolis is a cemetery in a cave near the capital Hattusa. This cemetery was used in Old Hittite Period, in the XVII century or even earlier.
Ruins of Kayalı Bogaz at Yozgat Bogazkale Yolu, Hisar
Kayalı Bogaz, first mentioned in cuneiform inscriptions, is a large fortified settlement located 1.5 km east of the King’s Gate. It may have served as one of the outposts and strongholds, located in the countryside to watch and control the main roads leading to the city.