Hattusa
The capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, its ruins spread over rugged hills by the town of Boğazkale. Stone lions still guard one of the gates in its long city walls, and great temple foundations lie below.
- Where
- Boğazkale, Çorum, Türkiye
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.0197, 34.6153
Get the Hattusa stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hattusa. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Çorum volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hattusa
Ankara Castle 149 km
A hilltop fortress over old Ankara, first fortified by the Phrygians in the 8th century BC and rebuilt by the Galatians. Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans all repaired its walls, and old houses still cluster inside them.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations 150 km
An archaeology museum below Ankara Castle, set in an old Ottoman bazaar storehouse and the Kurşunlu Han. It began as a Hittite museum and traces Anatolia from the Stone Age through the Hittites, Phrygians and Urartians.
Kocatepe Mosque 150 km
The largest mosque in Ankara, built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter of Kızılay. Its great dome and four minarets, in the classical Ottoman style, can be seen from almost anywhere in the centre of the city.
Cappadocia 151 km
A historical region of Central Anatolia whose soft volcanic rock has been worn into cones, pillars and valleys. People carved homes, churches and whole underground towns into it, and hot air balloons rise over it at dawn.
Anıtkabir 152 km
The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on a hill in Ankara, designed by Emin Onat and Orhan Arda and built between 1944 and 1953. A long avenue lined with stone lions leads to the tomb, and wooded Peace Park surrounds the complex.
Göreme National Park 153 km
Nearly 100 square kilometres of Cappadocia's water and wind eroded valleys, fairy chimneys and rock-cut settlements. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 together with the rock sites of the region.
Göreme Open Air Museum 155 km
A cluster of churches, chapels and monastic rooms cut into the rock just outside Göreme. Many are painted inside with Byzantine frescoes, the best preserved in the Dark Church, where little daylight has reached them.
Uçhisar Castle 155 km
A tall outcrop of rock above the village of Uçhisar, honeycombed with old rooms and passages. It is one of the highest points in the area, and steps lead to a summit that looks out across the valleys of Cappadocia.
Questions
Where is Hattusa?
Hattusa is in Boğazkale, Çorum, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ankara Castle (149 km), Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (150 km), Kocatepe Mosque (150 km).
How do I get the Hattusa stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hattusa and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Çorum volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hattusa before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Çorum volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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